My son was diagnosed with AS in January. I have been receiving emails from different asperger information online and one of the causes is lack of air at birth or at least according to one of these emails I have received. Please if you have more information about this please let me know. I am trying to understand this but its a little hard for me to even see my son as having AS. He is very smart and loving but I am doing my best to understand him. So please if you can help me understand let me know!!! Thank you!
Ms Merlin
Sorry about your problems.
Thinking about a 'medical malpractice' is something entirely different from 'trying to understand' a condition.
AS is not a 'malpractice' problem.
The mom
As far as I know, neither doctors nor researchers have found a clear cut explaination for Asperger's Syndrome. It seems to have a strong genetic component, but there are also brain structure changes which suggest something in the early brain development has gone awry. I don't think I've seen anything that links oxygen deprivation at birth with it- though we already know the link between that and cerebral palsy. One site that may offer some help to you at the moment is
http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/
That should get you into a bunch of resources available to help you work through this and figure out how to best help your son. Above all, remember your son is more than a label- humans are a lot more complex than that. Your love is still the most important treatment available. Good luck to you both.
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