Tuesday, May 1, 2012

"Clients will no longer be diagnosed as having “autism” versus “PDD-NOS” or “Asperger Syndrome” as all of these different classifications will officially go away."


...In a nutshell, effective with the release of DSM-5 in May 2013 we will change the way we describe autism-related disabilities to the singular “Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Clients will no longer be diagnosed as having “autism” versus “PDD-NOS” or “Asperger Syndrome” as all of these different classifications will officially go away. However, individuals with ASD will be referred to as having one of three severity levels (see chart at end).
Individuals whose “severity” falls outside the bandwidth of these three levels but who exhibit significant social communication challenges will then possibly be diagnosed as having “Social Communication Disorder.”... read full article at link below: 
The Proposed DSM-5 Changes with Regard to ASD

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