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Asperger's/PDD

SheilaT

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1. Maybe eliminating the separate Asperger's diagnosis

Reply to TrogL (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 02:34 PM

Dec 2012

and just lumping everyone together on the Autism Spectrum Disorder thing will actually help, but I'm not convinced.

Asperger's is so very different from severe autism that it truly deserves its own separate category.

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Asperger's Syndrome to be dropped as a diagnosis in DSM-5 [View all] TrogL Dec 2012 OP

Maybe eliminating the separate Asperger's diagnosis SheilaT Dec 2012 #1

It may not be so bad to look at it as a spectrum. This has also been GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #3

While it is certainly clear to me SheilaT Dec 2012 #4

I do agree with that understanding of it. I guess the question is, will GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #5

Are bipolar mania and unipolar depression SheilaT Dec 2012 #6

Yes, separate diagnoses, but understood to be part of a spectrum of disorder. I guess my feeling is GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #7

The new DSM does away with Asperger's as a separate diagnosis. SheilaT Dec 2012 #8

I don't agree. It seems arbitrary. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #9

I have a child diagnosed with A/S at 4 or 5 (too old too remember exactly) AAO Jan 2013 #10

The spectrum thing is crucial. SheilaT Mar 2014 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author AAO Dec 2012 #2