Aspergers is also known as Asperger’s Syndrome. It is a type of pervasive devel-opmental disorder that is characterised by significant difficulty in socializing with others, difficulty in nonverbal communication and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.

Aspergers differs from Autism, which also a pervasive developmental disorder, in that children with Aspergers generally have normal cognitive patterns and near-normal language development.

Benefits of Aspergers
Aside from its negative aspects, there are certain advantages this condition offers to those with it. These benefits are as follows:

Independent thinking
People with Aspergers tend to be independent thinkers, they don’t go with the norm. Independent thinking is important as it can lead to the development of new ideas. Independent thinking can also be important socially for example in a situation where everyone in a particular group sidelines a certain individual for one reason or another, the independent thinker may likely not do so as he or she may not be view-ing that individual as the others do. Ability to remain firm in your opinion because of independent thinking can also help one to evade social and peer pressure.

Special interests
People with Aspergers tend to have interest in unusual or rare areas. You may find a child with Aspergers taking interest for example in molecular chemistry. Interest in rare fields can also lead to new discoveries. Some of the people who made most fa-mous scientific discoveries had Aspergers. An example of these people is Albert Einstein who is best known for his Mass-Energy equivalence theory. Children with Aspergers can also take interest in a sport or an art.

Focus
Aspergers gives one the ability to focus on one thing at a time. Ability to focus on a single thing for a long period of time is beneficial in that it allows one to complete challenging tasks. Focus can also help one to perform better in school as he or she can avoid the distractions that draw other learners’ interest and just concentrate in learning.

Research skills
People with Aspergers make good researchers as they are normally very attentive to detail. Their ability to focus on one thing for long without getting distracted also en-ables them to be good researchers. People with Aspergers may also have very high intelligence and this is important in research and other data-collecting fields.

Problem solving skills
People with Aspergers usually concentrate on a specific detail rather than the larger picture of a particular situation. This enables them to solve complex problems as they are able to see certain aspects of the problem which other people may overlook. Focus also comes in handy in solving problems as they are able to concentrate till they find a solution to a problem.

Loyalty in friendships
People with Aspergers tend to make loyal friends as they normally speak their minds and don’t backbite others. Their honesty and loyalty make them good and dependable friends. Psychological studies on people with Aspergers have also shown that they are quite loving.

Creativity and innovation
People with Aspergers usually take up specific interests like art and music and excel in these areas. They are able to excel in areas such as music, art, and technology be-cause of their ability to think beyond the normal way of thinking. Because of this, they are able to be very creative as evidenced by some famous people who had As-pergers like Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, and Mary and Jerry Newport who wrote ‘Mozart and the Whale’.

Punster abilities
People with Aspergers are able to get different word meanings and are therefore able to create puns.