Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Hi All, We had our visit from our aging and disability service last Friday. (I have had a big weekend and can only get to the computer now, Sunday night) He said something to me that I thought a bit strange and needed to see if you guys have come across it. Especially when I see the earlier post about Semantics & PDD NOS. He explained his version of the spectrum etc. He said there was Autistic disorder (classic or core Autism I guess) and ASD. He said ASD came about as PDD NOS is no longer used and for kids that do not fit Autistic disorder then ASD will be the dx. Remembering I am in Australia and the terminology or the way dx's are labelled may be different. I am just curious that's all as my understanding from what I have read is that PDD NOS was if the child did not quite meet the levels for a ASD dx? By the way we are going to be booked in for a developmental assesment in a month or two. So the ball is rolling that little bit more. Also he said he has come across many kids that are developmentally delayed that showed allot of Autistic characteristics. He then said that these characteristics would be eventually lost and replaced with meaningful stuff. OK then this is obviously not Autism but why does this happen as how can a child show many signs and then be classified as not Autistic? Or do they go on to be dx'd with something else? I am just curious as it really does astound me that all these labels are around and it so hard to get consistency from people. I am so confused. Jen (Who does not want to sound hung up on labels just VERY CONFUSED) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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