Within the group of people suffering from Asperger's many variations can be found. Some show extremely difficult behavior while others may be easy to cope with and are easy to coach. Some have to deal with learning difficulties and perform poorly at school while others manage an academic career with notable success.

People suffering from Aspergers are often excessively interested in one specific topic. And you might catch them talking about this passionately without pause even if the listener shows little or no interest.

Often people diagnosed with the Asperger syndrome find it difficult to deal with the enormous amount of information bombarding their senses (through what they see, hear or feel). These sensations may become so overwhelming that they even panic sometimes. For instance a tickling woolen sweater may be hard to wear but for instance cold or even pain sometimes might not be considered a nuisance by them.

Being considered as "normal" is a desire most people suffering Asperger 's have. To do so they learn the social routines and rules that others live by. Although this effort may result in appearing "normal" the person suffering from Asperger has to continuously put in a lot of energy to do so. Although at the same time there is always the danger of relapsing into the old routines. Hard work and being motivated will obviously help many people with Asperger but unfortunately not everybody will successfully reach this "normal" behavioral state. For instance unadjusted behavior like pulling your underpants in public to make it fit better might be rationalized by saying. "Everybody does this sometime"

In the past doctors were usually only capable of diagnosing classic autism. Nowadays they seem more capable in diagnosing a broad spectrum of autism spectrum disorders. Including Asperger's disorder.