Thursday, August 11, 2011

DSM-5

So I was looking at the new DSM-5 criteria that will go into effect in 2013. CLICK HERE FOR LINK According to the proposed changes, Michael will meet the criteria and be considered to have Autism. From there they are marked with a severity level of 1, 2 or 3 (3 being the most severe). It will be interesting to see what severity he is diagnosed with in a couple of years. I am kind of glad they are changing the diagnostic criteria as a dx of PDD-NOS is very vague and I think it does need to be a little more specific.

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