Asperger's Syndrome In Adults

There is less information on Asperger's Syndrome in adults then there is in children and teenagers. There are two possible scenarios for adults with Asperger's Syndrome.

Scenario One:

• Some adults learn to compensate and often excel in the technical field.


• They become indistinguishable from everyone else resulting in less data on Adults with Asperger's Syndrome.



• They are able to graduate from college, hold a job, get married, and raise a family.

Scenario Two:

• They are unable to adapt as adults and live isolated lives away secluded from the rest of the world.



• They have trouble integrating themselves into society.

*Note this is a picture of Jerry Espenson, a lawyer with Asperger's Syndrome on the ABC television series Boston Legal. It is describing Scenario One and how adults with Asperger's can integrate themselves into society. Jerry Espenson is a completely fictional character.

**Albert Einstein did have Asperger's Syndrome as well as many other famous, successful people such as Sir Alfred John Hitchcock, Charles Monroe Schultz, George Orwell, and even President George W. Bush is rumored to have Asperger's Syndrome.