The terminology related to autism can be confusing. Hans Asperger, an Austrian psychiatrist and paediatrician, first identified a subset of children of average intelligence or above who otherwise ...

Do the DSM-5 Criteria Hold Up? Medscape: Can you summarize and speak to the somewhat controversial new DSM-5 autism criteria? Dr. Grodberg: The DSM-5 revisions collapse the DSM-IV TR subtypes of ...

This article is authored by Nandini Chatterjee Singh and Mugdha Joshi.

A poorly written DSM criteria set is useless. The essential prerequisite to an accurate diagnosis is that different clinicians can agree on whether it is present or absent in a given individual. If ...

For many families, an autism diagnosis is the gateway to critical early support such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and applied behavior analysis. That diagnosis is guided by criteria from ...

Many parents feel autism is increasing rapidly. Is it true? SN: What we are witnessing is largely a rise in recognition, not necessarily a true surge. Firstly, broader diagnostic criteria and better ...