Asteria

Asteria is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by abnormalities and impairments in social and logical integration, and by purposeless and impulsive behavior. Impairments in social and logical integration are caused by profound deficits in abstract reasoning, more severe than in other psychopathological states such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, despite understanding profound emotional states, individuals with Diaglossia struggle with abstract concepts beyond those in social interactions.

Symptoms are usually detected in late childhood when abstract cognition is supposed to flourish, those with Diaglossia never develop this mode of though and may face challenge in academic settings.

Etymology
Asteria comes from the lating "a" or "ab" meaning "off" and "steria" comes from the word "steria" in greek, which signifies "solid" referring to the concrete mode of thinking, combined, the words signify "off solid" as if it were excessively solid, like the excessively literal, concrete thinking experienced by asterics.

Symptoms
A. Persistent	deficits in social	and functional integration,	as manifested by the following, currently or by history	(examples are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):


 * 1) Deficits		in figurative social communication, ranging, for example, from		difficulties understanding what is not explicitly stated (making		inferences); to difficulties understanding the meaning of jokes; to		difficulties understanding abstract concepts such as idioms,		generalizations, metaphors, analogies, deep meanings and multiple		meanings that depend on context for interpretation; to difficulties		understanding simple or complex signs; to difficulties		understanding opposite concepts (e.g. good and evil); to poor		comprehension of onomatopoeias, hyperboles, allusions, puns,		similes and oxymorons; to inability to understand speech.
 * 2) Deficits		in		abstract logical reasoning, ranging, for example, from impaired		abilities resolving simple or complex mathematics;		to impaired pattern recognition or reproduction; to impaired		detection of relations between ideas (e.g. the civil war and		slavery); poor time-distance measuring; to		“missing the big picture”; to poor spatial		perception (e.g. guessing what an object’s behind look like		without having to rotate it); to poor musical perception (e.g. not		knowing what song is playing solely by hearing it); to		inability to understand and apply logic.

B. Purposeless,	inappropriate, impulsive	patterns of behavior, as	manifested by at least one the following, currently or by history	(examples	are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):


 * 1) Purposeless, random		and inappropriate motor movements, use of objects, or speech (e.g.,		inappropriate use of toys and objects, random motor and speech		rituals, dialogue with oneself, wandering, impulsive emotional		reactions without stimuli, rocking back and forth, random		movements).
 * 2) Excessive		and purposeless hyperactivity (e.g., impulsivity, fidgeting,		running, difficulties staying still, constant moving, excitation,		agitation, disinhibition or extreme inhibition, pacing, taking clothes off and putting them back, restlessness, quick talking).
 * 3) Major		perceptual disturbances (e.g., illusions, dissociation, dream-like		perception or paresthesia, auditory processing disorder, visual processing disorder).

C. Symptoms	must be present in the early developmental period (but may not	become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited	capacities, or may be masked by learned strategies in later life).