Diagnostic criteria and codes - Intellectual disability - autism spectrum disorder

3 important questions on Diagnostic criteria and codes - Intellectual disability - autism spectrum disorder

What is criteria A for ASS?

Deficits in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts. All of the following:
  • Deficits in social- emotionally reciprocity (from failure of normal conversation to no initiation or responds to social interaction)
  • Deficits in nonverbal communication
  • Deficits in developing, maintaining and understanding relationships 

What is criteria B for ASS?

Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities. At least 2 of:
  • Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects or speech Handflapping, selfinjury, a lot of the same questions, stacking objects
  • Insistence of sameness, routines
  • Highly restricted, fixated interests. Abnormal in intensity or focus (strong attachement to animals)
  • Hyper or hypo reactivity to sensory input (indifference to temperature, excessive smelling) o

What is criteria E for ASS?

is not better explained by something else

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