2006-12-09 23:49:53 · 4 answers · asked by ThisSongsForYou 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Technically,. there is one diagnosis that is Autism. However, many people refer to the Pervasive Developmental Disorders as disorders on the Autism Spectrum. These include of course Autism, Rhetts Disorder, Pervesavie Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified, Stereotypic Movement Disorder, and Aspergers. There are more, and you could look up the DSM-IV-TR for the complete list.
2006-12-10 00:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by Bag-A-Donuts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi. the main distinction between Asperger's and classic autism is that Asperger's babies don't have a language/verbal replace postpone while they are youthful, the place classic autism does. What this suggests is that your brother has a variety of autism wherein he has difficulty bearing directly to human beings socially and information others socially. Many Aspergerger's babies are very bright and do properly academically, they only choose greater suitable help socially. wish this facilitates.
2016-10-18 01:37:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Autisn is a name that describes a disease with many different levels of severity. There are several different names used to describe some of the different levels of severity. There was a really good article in Newsweek a couple weeks ago if you can get a copy, it's pretty enlightening.
2006-12-09 23:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by jingles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are alot of levels.
2006-12-10 00:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by DQ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋