Asperger's does not cause low intelligence or impair learning, but it does impair children's ability to adjust to society and thereby slows development. "It's that they can't, not that they don't try, and yelling at them will only make matters worse," Chiu advises parents and teachers.
亞斯伯格症並非智能不足，也不是缺乏學習機會，但病童在社會適應方面會出現明顯的障礙和困擾，發展性相對地弱，「他們是不能，而非不為，一味責罵只會讓情況更糟，」丘彥南希望家長及老師先要有此認知。