Aspergers is named actually after an Austrian psychiatrist Hans Aspergers who did a detailed study on this condition. He had published a series of papers that had the detailed characteristic of the syndrome which were mainly found in boys in the 1940s.

The paper was later translated into English in the year 1980 and he got world wide acclaim for his findings. This can be seen as the beginning of the condition which people now call Asperger's syndrome. Through recent research it has been found that aspergers occurs to 1 in 300 people and the ratio of boys to girls who are affected is 10:1. Aspergers is normally considered as a high functioning form of autism.

The characteristics of aspergers have almost remained the exact since Hans Aspergers first discovered the syndrome. Some of the characteristics of Aspergers syndrome are listed below.

1.  Impairment in Social interaction

2.  Impairment in Social communication

3. The absence of flexible thinking, imaginative play and social imagination

4. No significant delay in cognitive development

5. There won't be any significant delay in language development

For people who work and live with children who have got aspergers, it will be vital that they get the proper training and acquire the knowledge that is needed to understand the unique characteristics and the educational needs of the children.

There are many ways through which you will be able to distinguish children who have Asperger's syndrome. One of the characteristics that is most noticeable is the social awkwardness that they suffer. Children with aspergers do not make use of social cues such as tone of voice and body language in their communication because they are unable to read these social cues. Children with aspergers have advanced language skills unlike children with autism. Most of the children with aspergers will have an interest in a particular subject and they will love to speak about it extensively.

Education for the kids with aspergers must be tailored to meet their needs. Some of the other characteristics of children with aspergers include a difficulty with learning motor skills, mind blindness. For example children with Aspergers will find it very difficult to learn to ride a bike. Mind blindness refers to empathy and also the inability of their kids to learn how to understand what the other person is thinking. It is very difficult for the kids with aspergers to take part in conventional education and activities.