Subtyping Pervasive Developmental Disorder

Anxiety and social worries in children with Asperger syndrome

“…This finding is similar to previous suggestions that there is often little concordance between children and parents regarding diagnoses [27]. The children may be under‐reporting, supporting suggestions that children with AS may have reduced insight into their difficulties [17–20] and that parent reports are more reliable [16].…”

“…These results only partially support previous research which found that in a sample of children with autism, both the parents and the children reported more social worries than a normally developing sample [15]. The current finding supports the view that children with AS may lack insight into their difficulties [17–20] and that parent reports are more accurate [16].…”

“…Clinical experience suggests that people with ASD are often regarded as unreliable informants due to the lack of self‐reflectiveness and inaccurate perception of their differences in relation to others [16]. Research using people with high functioning autism suggests that they are less able to understand and express emotions than normally developing people [17,18] and often lack insight into their social and emotional problems [19].…”

Anxiety and Social Worries in Children with Asperger Syndrome

“…Clinical experience suggests that people with ASD are often regarded as unreliable informants due to the lack of self-reflectiveness and inaccurate perception of their differences in relation to others [16]. Research using people with high functioning autism suggests that they are less able to understand and express emotions than normally developing people [17], [18] and often lack insight into their social and emotional problems [19].…”