I'll give you several examples of Asperger's kids I have known. All of the children are diagnosed with Asperger's:
Marla
Marla was a six year old girl with a fascination with mythical
creatures and oceanography. During free time, she played with some
small toy horses which she named with mythical names like Zeus and
Aphrodite. She had no interest in the other children and only was
interested in adults because they could take her horses away. One time,
her horses were taken away because she refused to go to her math group.
After some initial screaming, she did her work. When her horses were
returned to her, one was missing. Another kid had taken it. She had a
two hour tantrum and obsessed on the missing horse for a month. She
also walked half bent over and had not a clue that she was different
that other kids.
Another child, Gavin, was included in a regular 2nd grade class. He had
serious problems with calling out and did not understand the concept of
waiting his turn and would answer rhetorical questions like, "Well
class, it seems like we are having a nice day today." He would blurt
out telling her what a nice day HE was having. He had serious
difficulties understanding time and sequences. One time a teacher was
reading a standardized test math question to him. The date of the test
was May 2006.The question went like this: See the calendar? It is July
2006. If the date is July 15th, what day does it fall on? He answered,
"It isn't July 2006 yet, I'll have to wait."
And then their was Space Pup. Patrick, a 6 year old ,decided that he
was Space Pup. He wasn't named Space Pup, he WAS Space Pup. He could do
the things that Space Pup could do, but wouldn't do the things that
Space Pup couldn't do. He also knew almost every animal in the kingdom
and could tell you where if lived and what it ate.
Asperger's children need to have a curriculum that emphasizes social
skills. They usually don't have academic or communication problems like
autistic kids. They just don't take in social skills almost
unconsciously as most of us do, so they have to be specifically taught.
Scott Bellini's book, "Building Social Relationships: A Systematic
Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and
Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Social
Difficulties," is a wonderful place to start.