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Application of DSM-5 Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder to Three Samples of Children With DSM-IV Diagnoses of Pervasive Devel by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 02 Oct 2012 7:27pm With much attention focused on the change from DSM-IV to DSM-5 criteria for diagnosing autism, it is good to see more data coming out. As noted only a yesterday ( Brief Report: Comparability of DSM-IV and DSM-5 ASD Research Samples ) a large number of papers on the effect of the change have been published in 2012. Add another to the list t ... Read on »

Autism's Vast Majority Was Hurt By The DSM-IV. Next Comes the DSM-5 and the New Autism Spectrum Disorder by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 Jun 2010 1:27am "But the autism umbrella has since widened to include milder forms, says Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC. For example, it now includes Asperger syndrome, where the sufferer is socially impaired, but experiences typical language development. Another difference between past and present autism diagnosis invo ... Read on »

Comparing Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Developmentally Disabled Adult Population Using the Current DSM-IV-TR Diagn by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 08 Aug 2012 2:02am The proposed change in diagnostic criteria for autism (from DSM IV to DSM 5) has been a topic of much discussion. To put it mildly. Little, if any, data has been available on how this change may affect the adult population. A recent study seeks to address that void: Comparing Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Developmentally D ... Read on »

DSM5 Autism Change Threatens Funding for Intellectually Disabled Who Meet DSM-IV Autism Criteria by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 02 Jun 2012 12:10pm Many children with intellectual disability and autism will be specifically targeted for exclusion under the DSM-5 new Autism Spectrum Disorder. The express wording of mandatory criterion A of the DSM-5 ASD criteria makes this clear: " Autism Spectrum Disorder Must meet criteria A, B, C, and D: A. Persistent deficits in soc ... Read on »

Autism The "It" Disease: Dr. Al of the DSM-IV Scores One for Pharma by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 01 Aug 2011 12:00am By Lisa J. Goes "Well, Mr. and Mrs. Goes...about your son..." "Yes...yes? What is it doctor?" I was ready to practically jump out of my skin with excitement. My husband and I were holding court with the tippity-top, bestest of the best pediatric neurologists in the whole of Chicago and she was about to hand down our son's di ... Read on »

Barely Autistic Spokespersons of the Alleged Autism Rights Movement Misrepresent Their Constituency by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:34pm How many of the spokespersons for the alleged Autism Rights Movement are actually autistic? At best it can be said that, to the extent that they share symptoms with persons with severe Autistic Disorder, they are barely autistic, and not representative of those with severe Autistic Disorder and they have no right to speak on their behalf. ... Read on »

Ari's Omission : Autistic Disorder and Aspergers Disorder are Critically Different Disorders by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 17 May 2009 10:12pm Why do some persons with Aspergers Disorder insist on the right to speak for persons with Autistic Disorder, to tell the world that persons with Autistic Disorder do not want to be cured, and why does the media let them get away with it? Newsweek has now become the latest stop for Ari Ne'eman, a very intelligent, highly articulate gentleman ... Read on »

Autism and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder by Nestor L. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Fri 03 Oct 2008 11:31am A review of: Palomo, R., Thompson, M., Colombi, C., Cook, I., Goldring, S., Young, G.S., Ozonoff, S. (2008). A Case Study of Childhood Disintegrative Disorder Using Systematic Analysis of Family Home Movies. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0579-1 I’m always hesitant to discuss or review case reports on this ... Read on »

Best of Age of Autism: Mark Blaxill on Lies, Damned Lies and CDC Autism Statistics by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 01 Mar 2012 12:00am Managing Editor's Note: We anticipate new autism prevalence numbers from CDC any moment. As April Fool's day and the cerulean silly season of awareness and celebration approaches, we thought we'd run this post Mark Blaxill: Lies, Damned Lies and CDC Autism Statistics again. This is the third airing of this post as the number ... Read on »

Mark Blaxill: Lies, Damned Lies and CDC Autism Statistics by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 16 Jan 2010 12:00am By Mark Blaxill (A "Best of AoA" post from 12/09) It’s official now, real autism rates have exploded to 1 in 100 American children. We’re facing a national public health emergency of historic proportions. Bigger than swine flu. Bigger than polio. Bigger than almost anything one can imagine except AIDS. No matter how hard ... Read on »