British Journal of Disorders of Communication 24, 107-121 (1989) The College of Speech Therapists, London Autism, Asperger's syndrome and semantic-pragmatic disorder: Where are the boundaries D. V. M. Bishop Department of Psychology, University of Manchester ABSTRACT The diagnostic criteria for autism have been refined and made more objective since Kanner first described the syndrome, so there ...

This page lists materials for download from the Center for autism and Related Disabilities at The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at USF.

The development of tools for earlier diagnosis of autism is moving quickly.

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Autistic Disorder European Description The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992 Contents F84.0 Childhood Autism F84.1 Atypical Autism F84.0 Childhood Autism A pervasive developmental disorder defined by the presence of abnormal and/or impaired development that is manifest before the age of 3 years, and by the characteristic type of ...

ASPERGER's DISORDER (DSM IV Diagnostic Criteria) This document was taken from a post on an Autism related list. This is for informational perposes. DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES The essential features of Asperger's Disorder are: Criterion A. Severe and sustained impairment in social interaction Criterion B. The development of restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, and activities ...

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One Mom's View of Autism. A site about Autism PDD for families of autistic children. Includes myths, communication, behavior, PECS, coping the diagnosis, diagnostic criteria, visual aids, learning style, siblings ...

Developmental Checklist This is a developmental checklist for typical kids from age 0 to 5. I put this on my links as many people (myself included) did not really know the progression of this and it is an indicator of issues and it will also help in knowing the progression of how children learn things. For example a chile must be able to hold their head up before they can start to really crawl ...