Doctors often diagnose “pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)” when a person has some core characteristics of autism but not others.

A: PDD-NOS stands for Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified. Essentially, it is a diagnosis that means “on the autism spectrum, but not falling within any of the specific ...

Dr. Wong specializes in working with children with autism spectrum disorders (e.g., Autism, Asperger's Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified), disruptive behavioral ...

pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified However, the American Psychiatric Association revised their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in 2013, which ...

Dr. Grodberg: The DSM-5 revisions collapse the DSM-IV TR subtypes of pervasive developmental disorder into a single unifying DSM-5 diagnosis of ASD. Specifically, this means that the DSM-IV ...

Intellectual developmental disorder will also include revised language to communicate that while the diagnosis “should not be bound narrowly to the 65-75 IQ score range, ... childhood disintegrative ...