In particular, it will be interesting to learn what is happening to people who in the past would have received an Asperger’s Syndrome diagnosis. More information must be gathered before we all relax though. Perhaps as importantly, I have yet to hear any horror stories about people losing services. Van Bourgondien with Division TEACCH at the University of North Carolina suggested that the majority of people (children and adults) with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) are not likely to be affected by the changes in DSM-5. A study reported by Tamara Dawkins, Allison T. So far, verbal reports – I’ve been pestering clinicians whenever I run into them! – and early data are promising. The data seem to be coming in gradually on this. The big questions in all of our minds were “So, how does this affect services for people with ASD? Will people be underdiagnosed? Will services be lost? Will it be more functional and aid diagnosis, or will it have a detrimental effect? Perhaps in response to concerns raised to an earlier draft of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, there is an additional notation in the criteria, specifying that “individuals with a well-established DSM-IV diagnosis of autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified should be given the new diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.”Ī new diagnostic category (not under ASD) was also added to the DSM-5: Social Communication Disorder.
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