Is Aspergers covered under the Disability Act?

Although the Americans with Disabilities Act protects adults with Asperger syndrome in circumstances where they only require reasonable accommodations (i.e. in college or in their workplace), the same individuals are not entitled to services they may need to succeed in those environments.

Is Aspergers hereditary?

The cause of Asperger syndrome, like most ASDs, is not fully understood, but there is a strong genetic basis, which means it does tend to run in families. Multiple environmental factors are also thought to play an important role in the development of all ASDs.

Is Asperger’s hereditary?

Can autism be detected in the womb?

There currently aren’t screening tests in either pregnant women or through IVF that can test for autism at this time. Autism can’t be diagnosed in the womb or embryos yet because experts don’t know exactly what causes it.

Do people with Aspergers Autism deliberately fake it?

Individuals with Aspergers Autism may deliberately fake it in diagnostic tests. Earlier, it was mistakenly thought that people with autism do not marry and raise a family. Today it is well known that adults of normal intelligence with Hfa very often live in intimate relationships and have children. ASD is genetic,…

Does punishment work for people with autism?

Punishment is further defined as being a negative response to behavior. Punishment denies a person the opportunity and the right to make their own decisions and to take responsibility for their own behavior. Even in more severe cases of autism, people can be provided with choice and opportunities to take responsibility for their behavior.

Is there a test for Asperger’s in adults?

You just need to be aware that such tests are an indicator, not a definitive diagnostic tool. The vast majority of all adults with Asperger’s autism and high functioning Autism are still not formally diagnosed.

Can undiagnosed adults with high functioning autism cheat?

Undiagnosed adults with High functioning autism (Hfa) may deliberately cheat with answers in the questionnaires used in the diagnosis of Hfa. People with AS / High functioning autism can give false answers in order to protect their own self-understanding states leading autism experts, including psychologist Dr. Tony Attwood.