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Asperger's/PDD

SheilaT

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4. While it is certainly clear to me

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 06:35 PM

Dec 2012

that many illnesses or conditions occur along a spectrum, Asperger's is so incredibly different from severe autism, that it's as if they aren't even the same condition.

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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