Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified
Over the years we have dealt with the various different types of autism. You can see the various postings about the subgroups of autism here and here.
One that we have not looked at closely is Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified also known as atypical autism.
We thought this video was a very useful introduction.
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Neurodiversity
That is it – really simple.
How should be refer to autism now that it constituent parts ( ie Asperger’s syndrome, Autistic Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Not Otherwise Specified)) have all been rolled in together?
(I was told one of the reasons in the UK was that the responsible local government bodies were trying to say that Asperger’s syndrome was not serious enough to warrant funding.)
Anyhow in the last few years there are been a further conversation in the autism community about nomenclature.
Should we call it Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)?
What do you think?
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