Who Will Be Autistic in 2013? Learn More About the New Diagnostic Criteria

Who Will Be Autistic in 2013? Learn More About the New Diagnostic Criteria: "As many of you know, the American Psychiatric Association is in the process of revamping the DSM - the diagnostic manual that names and describes the symptoms of mental, neurological and developmental disorders for practitioners in the United States and, to some degree, in other nations. The present criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorders are in for some huge changes if the proposed criteria are approved. Some of these changes include the removal of the categories Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger Syndrome. The new criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder are quite different, too: many people who were once included in that group will no longer fit the criteria."