Aspergers Syndrome Perception and Visual Perspective

A common trait for children and adults with Aspergers Syndrome is that they tend to get caught up and lost in the details of tasks or situations and the environments around them. This affects all cognitive ability such as reading ability - words are reduced to letters or sounds in isolation - and maths ability - equations become single numbers or number patterns. They don't see the "larger" or whole picture, so often they're not even aware of other people within a scenario; consequently the other persons emotions and feelings don't register with the Aspergers Syndrome child.