Children with autism love to spend time with animals. A few years ago, there was a posting in front of my neighborhood that I still remember very clearly. It reads, “My son has autism, and his favorite poodle that he spends a lot of time with has been lost. Now the child is extremely irritable and has to have the dog, so if someone finds it, I’d like to exchange it for the same poodle and send an additional 5,000 yuan.” Asperger’s Syndrome is one of the more unusual of the autism spectrum disorders. Children with Asperger’s Syndrome also love animals and are particularly fond of playing with them, partly because of their unique interests, and partly because getting along with animals is far less stressful and complicated than getting along with people. Animals have simple requirements, satisfying their physiological needs is enough, it will unconditionally love their masters, trust their masters, which makes children with Asperger’s syndrome feel free, easy, have a sense of identity, far less difficult to get along with people. Also being around heartless, non-aggressive, genuinely loving, long-suffering children with Asperger’s Syndrome makes animals feel comfortable. A girl with Asperger’s Syndrome, who will be a senior in high school next semester, has been seeing my clinic for over a year and has been in my care for emotional problems. She would often miss classes for no reason. Teachers and classmates could usually find her easily, and she must have been feeding and playing with cats somewhere in or near the school, and she basically spent her monthly allowance on cat food. I used to laugh that she must be a cat fairy, cats are somewhat like dogs with Asperger’s Syndrome, cats have a natural attraction to children with Asperger’s Syndrome. Of course, not all Asperger’s children are like this, for example, some are addicted to online games, or other special interests. These phenomena, in turn, remind us that if a child, or in fact an adult, who does not like to play with peers, or who has difficulty with relationships, but who has a special love of animals and enjoys playing with them, is it possible that he or she may have Asperger’s? Of course, not usually, but if there is such a possibility, it is important to look for other signs of Asperger’s Syndrome. Asperger’s Syndrome is a relatively insidious condition, and early detection, diagnosis and intervention can mean a great deal to both the patient and his or her family.