Chapter 107: The Little Angel With A Broken Wing (2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Jin Xiangdong looked sideways at Lu Jia’er and then sighed, “But Professor Li and his wife are extremely concerned over Qiqi’s disease!”

It made sense. Asperger syndrome is a serious biologically deficient mental illness in children, it can lead to lifelong disability. And, to date, there is still a lack of specific biological indicators and treatments for this condition, as a result, children with this disease are bound to impose a huge burden on their families and society.

“Once a child contracts a cold, the whole family will be nervous and panicked, not to mention if one is to include Asperger syndrome,” said Lu Jia’er.

“Have you done any research on Asperger syndrome?” asked Jin Xiangdong.

“Asperger syndrome belongs to the branch of developmental psychology, with which I am familiar, but I haven’t delved into it.” Lu Jia’er said.

Psychology has many schools of thought and a lot of branches. Lu Jia’er still remembered that Professor Han had told them that if they could thoroughly study a certain field in one of the branches, they could have a lifelong secure job.

“Just after Qiqi had been diagnosed with Asperger’s, Professor Li also took him to see many well-known psychologists! Unfortunately, the effect seemed to be minor,” said Jin Xiangdong.

Many of Asperger’s syndromes are congenital. The main indicators are social difficulties, with narrow interests and repetitive behaviors. However, patients still retain language and cognitive development compared to other autism spectrum disorders. The cause of the disease is not yet clear, but studies have shown that genes, biochemistry, viruses and problems emerging during pregnancy and childbirth may be some of the causes for Asperger’s syndrome. Asperger’s syndrome is theorized to affect 0.7% of the population with confirmed cases occurring in boys ten times the rate that it does in girls. [1. Excerpts from Baidu Encyclopedia]

After they are born, they are not much different from normal children prior to their first birthday. They can talk, but they walk slowly and most of their reactions will be clumsy. When they are at about two years old, there are social and emotional abnormalities, self-centeredness and lack of compassion. In interpersonal relationships, they don’t look people in the eye, speak as though they are reciting, require correct diction to understand others, lack a sense of humor, are persistent in specific categories, and have minor dyskinesia 1 However, they don’t have language barriers or intellectual disabilities as mentally retarded autism spectrum disorder patients do. They generally have good visual and reciting performance abilities. In psychology it is known as autism spectrum disorder, which is also a huge health problem facing the world today.

Many scientists and mathematicians in the world also suffer from Asperger’s syndrome. After receiving psychological intervention, such patients should be specially educated.

“The treatment for Asperger’s syndrome is a very long process. Qiqi is sensitive to mathematics, we can try to train him in this area,” said Lu Jia’er.

“You are an expert in psychology. Please give a hand to Professor Li if you can,” said Jin Xiangdong.

“I will!” Lu Jia’er nodded resolutely.

On seeing her reaction, Jin Xiangdong couldn’t help smiling and touched Lu Jia’er’s head. “How well-behaved you are!”

Lu Jia’er blushed unconsciously. Love is really wonderful. After encountering Jin Xiangdong, Lu Jia’er felt like a spring flower, one which bloomed slowly and became gorgeously colorful, bathed in his constant warmth.

Footnotes:

Ch 107 Footnote 1

abnormality or impairment of voluntary movement.