Asperger's

A form of Asperger's syndrome — A developmental disorder characterised by the autistic symptoms of sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines but yet typically no impairment in the instrumental use of language nor intellectual disability.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Asperger's syndrome.

    A blogger recently asked Altman, “How has having Asperger’s helped and hurt you?” Altman told me, “I was, like, ‘Fuck you, I don’t have Asperger’s!’

    2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2017

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
asperger's syndrome
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APA

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Chicago

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