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Asperger Syndrome Charecteristics (Meyer) and (Fast)
for JMSS.
Physical Manifestations

\u2022Fine motor coordination problems
\u2022Stims
\u2022Difficulty monitoring or controlling voice level
\u2022Verbosity
\u2022Failure to observe the personal space of others
\u2022Strong food preferences and aversions
\u2022Limited food choices and rigid eating behaviors
\u2022Bad self care
\u2022Concentration and attention problems
\u2022Some depression
\u2022Anxiety

Work Characteristics

\u2022Difficulty with teamwork
\u2022Does not like to compete, overreacts to losing
\u2022Difficulty in handling relationships with authority figures
\u2022Difficulty in giving or receiving criticism
\u2022Reluctance to accept positions of authority
\u2022Difficulty in negotiating conflict or being an effective self advocate
\u2022Difficulty in accepting praise and will react inappropriately or with self

deprecation

\u2022Sarcastic and critical towards others
\u2022Difficulty in remembering where items used moments before are located
\u2022Difficulty with starting projects
\u2022Daydreaming
\u2022Attention to detail
\u2022Unorthodox work routines
\u2022Some enjoyment of routine tasks

\u2022Strong reaction to change in work routines
\u2022Stress reaction to multi-tasking, change of priorities and conflict of
priorities

\u2022Low motivation to perform tasks of no immediate personal interest
\u2022Strong discomfort with unstructured time
\u2022Uncomfortable with small talk on and off the job
\u2022Anxiety about performance and acceptance, despite recognition and

commendation
\u2022Conscientious about completing tasks
Cognitive Characteristics
\u2022Stilted or pedantic conversational style
\u2022Poor understanding of reciprocal rules of speech (interrupting,
monologues, trouble with shifting topics, intervention timing difficulty,
difficulty in repairing conversations)

\u2022Some literal interpretation of words
\u2022Literal interpretation of direction
\u2022Low awareness of non-verbal conversation cues of others

Learning

\u2022Preference for visually orientated training
\u2022Preference for hands on learning
\u2022Preference for rote learning
\u2022Preference for step by step learning with practice of one step at a time

before proceeding to the next
\u2022Preference for simple incremental steps without intervening global
explanations for conceptual information
\u2022Agitation with instructions that assume knowledge and delete or
otherwise skip steps

\u2022Dependence on routine and clear rules
\u2022Concrete thinking
\u2022Repetitive questions
\u2022Excessive questions
\u2022Highly susceptible to distractions and interruptions

\u2022Reluctance to ask for help, knowing when, who, why and how to ask for
help (not as bad now)

\u2022Difficulty in clearing expressing a problem
\u2022Unorthodox methods in the solution of problems
\u2022Extreme reaction to failure to solve problems
\u2022Low interest to learn subjects of no interest
\u2022Low threshold to certain kinds of sensory overload
\u2022Some difficulty with handwriting

Thought

\u2022Limited range of highly developed interests
\u2022Some difficulty with short term memory
\u2022Difficulty with recalling and rehashing dialogue
\u2022Exceptional long term memory
\u2022Lack of common sense
\u2022Impulsiveness
\u2022Shutdown during extreme sensory overload or stress
\u2022Difficulty with identifying and expressing emotion
\u2022Black and white thinking
\u2022Problems understanding broad concepts due to getting lost in the details
\u2022Difficulty in imagining the thoughts of others in the same setting
\u2022Difficulty with understanding that other\u2019s thoughts might be different

from ones own
\u2022Missing or misunderstanding the meaning of others\u2019 agendas, priorities or
preferences, words or behaviors
Executive Functioning Issues
\u2022Some problems in knowing the relationship between a personal action
and its consequences
\u2022Problems combining both facts and ideas (some contradictory) into a
grand schema.
\u2022Difficulty assessing the relative importance of details
\u2022Dropping details
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