Revised DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder

[@glendajackson1613]

Without the label commercial insurance will not pay for interventions

[@conradhowarth5022]

My son is 37 and autistic but didn't get a diagnosis until he was 12yrs old after it was noticed@school that he wasn't able to read, write or do mathematics and was getting in to trouble all the time@school & had started to get into trouble with the law & became involved in the criminal justice system. I always thought they was something wrong as he was way behind other kids his age in terms of mental ability & found it hard to make friends & interact with people outside of the family. I noticed that he wouldn't look @ people when they would talk to him & seemed distant. I felt bad when we got his diagnosis as I just thought he was noughty, it did knock me a little & refused to accept his diagnosis for about 6mths & only became clear when I observed his daily behaviours & watched other kids his age & spoke to parents of other kids in his age group. Now he's 37 & has found life is too hard for him to manage life living on his own, so after a number of spells in the prison system due to his behaviour & clearly lacking life skill such as money management, cleaning himself & his home & not eating or being able prepare an cook food. Local social services & probation services were preparing to place him in a residential care home, getting a court order if need be as they say he isn't mentally able to take care of himself . He's now @ home & as a career come to help us with dressing, diaper changes & just day to day living which takes a weight of my shoulders has life with someone with severe ASD can be a challenge. I would tell anyone who thinks they may also have it should speak to an GP & explain why you think they might be autistic & ask for a diagnostic test, it might change you life but will get you the support you'll need.

[@leannestrong1000]

I have an Asperger's diagnosis, and I personally don't care for the new "Autism Spectrum Disorder" criteria. In the old DSM, Asperger Syndrome (a milder form in which verbal communication and cognitive skills would remain relatively intact), PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, this meant that a person met enough criteria to qualify for an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis, but did not meet enough criteria to qualify for a more specific ASD), Autistic Disorder (a.k.a Classic Autism), Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (a more serious form of Autism in which a person would seem to be developing just fine until some point between the ages of 2-10, but then start to lose skills he or she had learned). From what I understand, part of the new criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder is, "must be present in the early stage of development." Although Childhood Disintegrative Disorder would usually start around ages 3-4, the disorder could start at any point between the ages of 2-10. What are the people who don't start showing symptoms until late elementary school age classified as now?

[@swedishguyonyoutube4684]

5:53, this is very important. A lot of people mistake adherence to logic as signs of being autistic, when it's really just the ability to use abstract thinking and deduction.

[@sciencetroll3208]

I've known all my life that I was different. I've been stood into the dirt all my life. NT idiots control if I am ' diagnosed ' as different. Same old story.

[@jamestaggert4361]

i still met the criterias. Level 2. do i care? no. i still go home after School and play game on my pc as before.

[@ComorbidityCity7]

What if the communication is fine but the restrictive patterns are severe?

[@janeyannachicken9053]

Broader autism phenotype?

[@glennelliott7009]

Well with my recent diagnosis of ASD and the first thing i have to say is not nearly enough was asked and very little detailed of a diagnosis. He asked questions read from a script and might as well as consider it comparable to the online test. He did not dig in at all to find other possible causes to my issues and neurological disorders . Not a good way of finding more answer's to something being studied so heavly. Theres a lot i picked up on since learning of ASD and one fact researches forget is that's it other people and there rules that is a inhibitor to people with ASD. As you should i could on and on.....

[@glendajackson1613]

What happens to kids that do not met all 3 social emotional piece possibly 2 but met everything else?

[@samanthamartin9712]

Ty so much for sharing 💙💙💙

[@samanthamartin9712]

Ty so much for sharing✝️

[@puffball4484]

This sucks. Its going to give clinicians (most of whom already have a narrow view of how autism presents) even more excuses to dismiss people on the spectrum. Especially if you are a woman who has innately been more intensively socialized by society to understand and conform to "neurotypical" behavior.

[@Wolcik3000]

autism is not an excuse, but a challange - if your challange is not harsh be glad instead of complaining

[@SpockLover27]

Nah, it doesn't.

[@Dancestar1981]

Puff Ball thank god I was diagnosed before this change with Aspergers in 2003 I had no language delays

[@SerenaToxicat]

​@@Wolcik3000 I think they're often diagnosed / misdiagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, etc., rather than either ASD or normal/NT.

[@CorvinaNoirManra]

How can you 'not lose' a diagnosis if the task force basically dissolved the multi-axial system for data analysis? Basically getting rid of a major clinical observation tool. This is just them saying you 'don't loose your diagnosis' so no one freaks out.

[@andresurrutia2791]

Can you elaborate on that axial tool you mention?

[@turtleanton6539]

😊😊😊

[@corrigana1]

I have pdd nos

[@paulmarcum3848]

DSM5 my ass!

[@mauricefemenias9752]

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