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An assessment of violence in a young man with asperger's syndrome

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A case of a 21-yr-old man with Asperger's Syndrome who is frequently violent to his 71- yr-old girlfriend is presented, and this man is predicted to be markedly impoverished in his appreciation of his victim's thoughts and feelings.
Abstract
Asperger's Syndrome is assumed to be closely related to autism. A case of a 21-yr-old man with Asperger's Syndrome who is frequently violent to his 71-yr-old girlfriend is presented. According to a social-cognitive model of autism, this man is predicted to be markedly impoverished in his appreciation of his victim's thoughts and feelings. Interview-based assessments confirm this deficit, and this is discussed as an important factor in the maintenance of his violence.

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Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account.

Lorna Wing
TL;DR: The clinical features, course, aetiology, epidemiology, differential diagnosis and management of Asperger's syndrome are described in this paper, and reasons for including the syndrome, together with early childhood autism, in a wider group of conditions which have, in common, impairment of development of social interaction, communication and imagination.
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