Sandbox/Autism spectrum disorder
Diagnostic Criteria
DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder[1]
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interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
in eye contact and body language or deficits in understanding and use ofgestures: to a total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication.
in sharing imaginative play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers.Specify current severity:Severity is based on social communication impairments and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior (seeTable 2). AND
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phrases). 2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior (e.g., extreme distress at small changes, difficultieswith transitions, rigid thinking patterns, greeting rituals, need to take same route or eat same food every day).
or perseverative interests).
Specify current severity: Severity is based on social communication impairments and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior (see Table 2).
fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities, or may be masked by learned strategies in later life). D. Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning. 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.
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- ↑ Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association. 2013. ISBN 0890425558.