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Asexual relationship refers to a type of intimate relationship in which the partners do not engage in sexual behavior.

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Asexuality usually refers to the lack of sexual desire, but can also refer to a lack of maleness or femaleness.

Ashram it means a retreat in India where ordinary citizens can go for various periods of time and search themselves and the meaning of their lives.

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Asian Americans refer to Americans whose cultural origins trace back to the Asian continent

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Asocial phase (of attachment) is approximately the first 6 weeks of life, in which infants respond in an equally favorable way to interesting social and non-social stimuli.

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Asociality is a term that denotes a lack of social interest and relatedness. This anomaly is hypothesized to be one of the mechanisms responsible for Autistic behaviors.

Asperger’s Disorder or AD refers to a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by major difficulties in social interaction and unusual patterns of interest and behavior in children with relatively intact cognitive and communication skills or without the language delays which is seen in Autism.

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Asperger's disorder refers to a Subtype of pervasive developmental disorder that is identical to autism (oddities in social interaction, stereotyped behaviour), with the exception that there is no clinically significant delay in language.

Asperger's disorder is characterized by impairments or difficulties in social relationships and interaction in children witrh relatively intact cognitive and communication skills or without the language delays which is seen in Autism. Children with this disorder also develop restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities.

Asperger's Disorder is also called as AD.

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