Studied by 0 people
Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.
Autism Spectrum Disorder A.
Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following, currently or by history
ASD 1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
ranging, for example, from abnormal
social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions
ASD 2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction
ranging, for example, from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal
communication; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits in
understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication
ASD 3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships
ranging, for example, from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit various social
contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends; to
absence of interest in peers
ASD B.
Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities, as manifested by at least two of the following, currently or by history
ASD B1. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech
(simple motor stereotypies, lining up toys or flipping objects, echolalia, idiosyncratic
phrases)
ADS B2: Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns
or verbal nonverbal behavior
(extreme distress at small changes, difficulties with transitions, rigid thinking patterns, greeting rituals, need to take same route or eat food
every day).
ASD B3: Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus
(strong attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or preservative interest)
ASD B4:Hyper- or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects
of the environment
(apparent indifference to pain/temperature, adverse response to specific sounds or textures, excessive smelling or touching of objects, visual fascination with lights or movement)
ASD C.
Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities, or may be masked by learned strategies in later life
ASD D.
D. Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational,
or other important areas of current functioning
ASD E.
These disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) or global developmental delay. Intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder frequently co-occur; to make comorbid diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual
disability, social communication should be below that expected for general developmental level
