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Asperger – Syndrome And ESSENCE

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ASD/<strong>Asperger</strong> syndrome as anexample of <strong>ESSENCE</strong>• At least one per cent of the generalpopulation of children and almost one percent of the adult population (Gillberg et al 1991,Gillberg and Wing 1999, Wing and Potter 2002, Baird et al 2006, Gillberg etal 2007 a and b, Baron-Cohen et al 2009, Kovovska et al 2011, Brugha et al2011)• Half recognized in children under 6 years ofage (Fernell et al 2010, Nygren et al 2011)• Main presenting symptoms: motor-perceptual-sensory, attention, activity, noresponse to name, no initiation of jointattention, learning, sleep, social, andlanguagewww.gnc.gu.se

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