How would you explain Asperger's syndrome to the public?

If someone you don't know, and who has no knowledge of the condition, asks you 'what is Asperger's syndrome', how would you answer the question?. I am intrigued to know what your responses might be.

Parents
  • That is a good desription Scorpian0x17, although I prefer 'sensory processing difficulties'  to 'sensory issues' because 'issues' can be rather vague, but that might just be my pedantry at work!. Another problem that is often experienced is the exteme anxiety, brought  about  by the  constant struggle to understand the world.

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  • That is a good desription Scorpian0x17, although I prefer 'sensory processing difficulties'  to 'sensory issues' because 'issues' can be rather vague, but that might just be my pedantry at work!. Another problem that is often experienced is the exteme anxiety, brought  about  by the  constant struggle to understand the world.

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