Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) is a condition that accompanies the person throughout his life and is included within the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Every February 18 marks its International Day. It manifests between 3 and 5 children per 1,000 births
Image of the Ita Group on the occasion of International Asperger Syndrome Day
According to data from the Confederation of Asperger Spain, 450,000 people in Spain suffer from ASD; 27 percent of them have Asperger’s condition.
Asperger’s is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a genetic basis that manifests itself at an early age and is mainly characterized by difficulty in social relationships.
“Despite the fact that Asperger’s can manifest itself in different ways, depending on the characteristics of each person, they all have some common characteristics such as: difficulty in social interaction and lack of social skills, difficulty in expressing and channeling emotions, difficulty in using of language and understanding double meanings, repetitive behaviors, restriction of limited interests to very specific areas, dependency on routines and habits and intolerance to change”, explains Berta Massaguer, coordinator of the Ita Neurodevelopment Unit.
The objective of the Ita Group’s mental health specialists is to publicize Asperger’s Syndrome, make it visible and make the population aware of the needs and peculiarities of people with this condition.
To do this, they have launched an awareness campaign about Asperger’s to publicize the peculiarities of this condition.
With the help of some of the patients of the Neurodevelopment Unit who present Asperger’s condition, it is explained what it is and how they experience it in a video.
“Asperger’s is sometimes a world of rigidity that limits us to get out of our boxes.” “Difficulties become positive over time if we work on them,” patients say.
The Ita Group carries out interventions that allow those who have Asperger’s Syndrome to know themselves, encourage emotional introspection and acquire skills that help them cope on a day-to-day basis, in addition to providing tools to families and the environment so that the relationship is better, since that one of the fundamental problems manifests itself in social relationships.
This campaign consists of three capsules.
In the first video, some patients with Asperger’s condition explain in the first person what this syndrome consists of.
In the second, Berta Massaguer, a psychologist at Ita and coordinator of the neurodevelopment unit, offers a therapeutic vision and explains how the unit works with these patients.
The third and last video consists of a series of tips to help these people feel more comfortable in their day to day life.
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