Types of autism spectrum disorder

What Conditions Are Considered Spectrum Disorders? Until recently, experts talked about different If you still hear people use some of the older terms, you’ll want to know what they mean: Asperger's syndrome . This is on the milder end of the Pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This mouthful of a diagnosis included most children whose autism was more severe than Asperger's syndrome, but not as severe as autistic disorder. Autistic disorder. This older term is further along the autism spectrum than Asperger’s and PDD-NOS. It includes the same types of symptoms, but at a more intense level. Childhood disintegrative disorder. This was the rarest and most severe part of the spectrum. It described children who develop normally and then quickly lose many social, language, and mental skills, usually between ages 2 and 4. Often, these children also developed a Is Rett Syndrome an ASD? Children with SOURCES: National Institute of Mental Health: "Autism Spectrum Disorders." National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: "Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: “Specifying PDD-NOS: A Comparison of PDD-NOS, Asperger Syndrome, and Autism.” Psychiatric Clinics of North America: “The autistic spectrum: subgroups, boundaries, and treatment.” Spectrum: “Reclassification of Rett syndrome diagnosis stirs concerns.” Rettsyndrome.org: “What is Rett Syndrome?” Autism Speaks: “Asperger Syndrome,” ...

The various types of Autism are considered a “spectrum disorder” – an umbrella, with a range of autistic syndromes at varying degree of severities. It can also be depicted, and this is my preferred version while educating parents, as a rainbow where the colors blend and overlap. Each of the distinct color represents a particular category of autism. Yet, the transition from one color to the next on a rainbow is similar to the transition from mild to severe autism. Fig 1: Autism Spectrum – The Rainbow Effect Each of these categories demonstrates varying degrees of difficulties a person faces with social, verbal, communicative and repetitive behaviors. Just as a shade in rainbow overlaps and blends with the next color, so does autism making it harder to determine where one level or type of autism starts and where it terminates. Key Types of Autism What this page contains • • • • • • • • • • • • The Journey from Till about the 1970s, the classical autism studies included all shades of ASD bundled under a generic term ‘Autism’. Today, however, physicians, therapists, and researchers consider each of these five categories while referring to specific autism symptoms: • Autistic Disorder – also known as • Asperser’s Syndrome • • • Classical Interpretation of Autism Fig 3: Autism as interpreted today – A Spectrum of Disorders “Each type of Autism demonstrates a degree of difficulty that a patient faces with verbal, social and communicative interactions. Just as a shade in rainbow o...

What Conditions Are Considered Spectrum Disorders? Until recently, experts talked about different If you still hear people use some of the older terms, you’ll want to know what they mean: Asperger's syndrome . This is on the milder end of the Pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This mouthful of a diagnosis included most children whose autism was more severe than Asperger's syndrome, but not as severe as autistic disorder. Autistic disorder. This older term is further along the autism spectrum than Asperger’s and PDD-NOS. It includes the same types of symptoms, but at a more intense level. Childhood disintegrative disorder. This was the rarest and most severe part of the spectrum. It described children who develop normally and then quickly lose many social, language, and mental skills, usually between ages 2 and 4. Often, these children also developed a Is Rett Syndrome an ASD? Children with SOURCES: National Institute of Mental Health: "Autism Spectrum Disorders." National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: "Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: “Specifying PDD-NOS: A Comparison of PDD-NOS, Asperger Syndrome, and Autism.” Psychiatric Clinics of North America: “The autistic spectrum: subgroups, boundaries, and treatment.” Spectrum: “Reclassification of Rett syndrome diagnosis stirs concerns.” Rettsyndrome.org: “What is Rett Syndrome?” Autism Speaks: “Asperger Syndrome,” ...

The various types of Autism are considered a “spectrum disorder” – an umbrella, with a range of autistic syndromes at varying degree of severities. It can also be depicted, and this is my preferred version while educating parents, as a rainbow where the colors blend and overlap. Each of the distinct color represents a particular category of autism. Yet, the transition from one color to the next on a rainbow is similar to the transition from mild to severe autism. Fig 1: Autism Spectrum – The Rainbow Effect Each of these categories demonstrates varying degrees of difficulties a person faces with social, verbal, communicative and repetitive behaviors. Just as a shade in rainbow overlaps and blends with the next color, so does autism making it harder to determine where one level or type of autism starts and where it terminates. Key Types of Autism What this page contains • • • • • • • • • • • • The Journey from Till about the 1970s, the classical autism studies included all shades of ASD bundled under a generic term ‘Autism’. Today, however, physicians, therapists, and researchers consider each of these five categories while referring to specific autism symptoms: • Autistic Disorder – also known as • Asperser’s Syndrome • • • Classical Interpretation of Autism Fig 3: Autism as interpreted today – A Spectrum of Disorders “Each type of Autism demonstrates a degree of difficulty that a patient faces with verbal, social and communicative interactions. Just as a shade in rainbow o...

What Conditions Are Considered Spectrum Disorders? Until recently, experts talked about different If you still hear people use some of the older terms, you’ll want to know what they mean: Asperger's syndrome . This is on the milder end of the Pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This mouthful of a diagnosis included most children whose autism was more severe than Asperger's syndrome, but not as severe as autistic disorder. Autistic disorder. This older term is further along the autism spectrum than Asperger’s and PDD-NOS. It includes the same types of symptoms, but at a more intense level. Childhood disintegrative disorder. This was the rarest and most severe part of the spectrum. It described children who develop normally and then quickly lose many social, language, and mental skills, usually between ages 2 and 4. Often, these children also developed a Is Rett Syndrome an ASD? Children with SOURCES: National Institute of Mental Health: "Autism Spectrum Disorders." National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: "Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: “Specifying PDD-NOS: A Comparison of PDD-NOS, Asperger Syndrome, and Autism.” Psychiatric Clinics of North America: “The autistic spectrum: subgroups, boundaries, and treatment.” Spectrum: “Reclassification of Rett syndrome diagnosis stirs concerns.” Rettsyndrome.org: “What is Rett Syndrome?” Autism Speaks: “Asperger Syndrome,” ...

The various types of Autism are considered a “spectrum disorder” – an umbrella, with a range of autistic syndromes at varying degree of severities. It can also be depicted, and this is my preferred version while educating parents, as a rainbow where the colors blend and overlap. Each of the distinct color represents a particular category of autism. Yet, the transition from one color to the next on a rainbow is similar to the transition from mild to severe autism. Fig 1: Autism Spectrum – The Rainbow Effect Each of these categories demonstrates varying degrees of difficulties a person faces with social, verbal, communicative and repetitive behaviors. Just as a shade in rainbow overlaps and blends with the next color, so does autism making it harder to determine where one level or type of autism starts and where it terminates. Key Types of Autism What this page contains • • • • • • • • • • • • The Journey from Till about the 1970s, the classical autism studies included all shades of ASD bundled under a generic term ‘Autism’. Today, however, physicians, therapists, and researchers consider each of these five categories while referring to specific autism symptoms: • Autistic Disorder – also known as • Asperser’s Syndrome • • • Classical Interpretation of Autism Fig 3: Autism as interpreted today – A Spectrum of Disorders “Each type of Autism demonstrates a degree of difficulty that a patient faces with verbal, social and communicative interactions. Just as a shade in rainbow o...

The various types of Autism are considered a “spectrum disorder” – an umbrella, with a range of autistic syndromes at varying degree of severities. It can also be depicted, and this is my preferred version while educating parents, as a rainbow where the colors blend and overlap. Each of the distinct color represents a particular category of autism. Yet, the transition from one color to the next on a rainbow is similar to the transition from mild to severe autism. Fig 1: Autism Spectrum – The Rainbow Effect Each of these categories demonstrates varying degrees of difficulties a person faces with social, verbal, communicative and repetitive behaviors. Just as a shade in rainbow overlaps and blends with the next color, so does autism making it harder to determine where one level or type of autism starts and where it terminates. Key Types of Autism What this page contains • • • • • • • • • • • • The Journey from Till about the 1970s, the classical autism studies included all shades of ASD bundled under a generic term ‘Autism’. Today, however, physicians, therapists, and researchers consider each of these five categories while referring to specific autism symptoms: • Autistic Disorder – also known as • Asperser’s Syndrome • • • Classical Interpretation of Autism Fig 3: Autism as interpreted today – A Spectrum of Disorders “Each type of Autism demonstrates a degree of difficulty that a patient faces with verbal, social and communicative interactions. Just as a shade in rainbow o...

What Conditions Are Considered Spectrum Disorders? Until recently, experts talked about different If you still hear people use some of the older terms, you’ll want to know what they mean: Asperger's syndrome . This is on the milder end of the Pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This mouthful of a diagnosis included most children whose autism was more severe than Asperger's syndrome, but not as severe as autistic disorder. Autistic disorder. This older term is further along the autism spectrum than Asperger’s and PDD-NOS. It includes the same types of symptoms, but at a more intense level. Childhood disintegrative disorder. This was the rarest and most severe part of the spectrum. It described children who develop normally and then quickly lose many social, language, and mental skills, usually between ages 2 and 4. Often, these children also developed a Is Rett Syndrome an ASD? Children with SOURCES: National Institute of Mental Health: "Autism Spectrum Disorders." National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: "Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: “Specifying PDD-NOS: A Comparison of PDD-NOS, Asperger Syndrome, and Autism.” Psychiatric Clinics of North America: “The autistic spectrum: subgroups, boundaries, and treatment.” Spectrum: “Reclassification of Rett syndrome diagnosis stirs concerns.” Rettsyndrome.org: “What is Rett Syndrome?” Autism Speaks: “Asperger Syndrome,” ...

What Conditions Are Considered Spectrum Disorders? Until recently, experts talked about different If you still hear people use some of the older terms, you’ll want to know what they mean: Asperger's syndrome . This is on the milder end of the Pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This mouthful of a diagnosis included most children whose autism was more severe than Asperger's syndrome, but not as severe as autistic disorder. Autistic disorder. This older term is further along the autism spectrum than Asperger’s and PDD-NOS. It includes the same types of symptoms, but at a more intense level. Childhood disintegrative disorder. This was the rarest and most severe part of the spectrum. It described children who develop normally and then quickly lose many social, language, and mental skills, usually between ages 2 and 4. Often, these children also developed a Is Rett Syndrome an ASD? Children with SOURCES: National Institute of Mental Health: "Autism Spectrum Disorders." National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: "Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: “Specifying PDD-NOS: A Comparison of PDD-NOS, Asperger Syndrome, and Autism.” Psychiatric Clinics of North America: “The autistic spectrum: subgroups, boundaries, and treatment.” Spectrum: “Reclassification of Rett syndrome diagnosis stirs concerns.” Rettsyndrome.org: “What is Rett Syndrome?” Autism Speaks: “Asperger Syndrome,” ...

The various types of Autism are considered a “spectrum disorder” – an umbrella, with a range of autistic syndromes at varying degree of severities. It can also be depicted, and this is my preferred version while educating parents, as a rainbow where the colors blend and overlap. Each of the distinct color represents a particular category of autism. Yet, the transition from one color to the next on a rainbow is similar to the transition from mild to severe autism. Fig 1: Autism Spectrum – The Rainbow Effect Each of these categories demonstrates varying degrees of difficulties a person faces with social, verbal, communicative and repetitive behaviors. Just as a shade in rainbow overlaps and blends with the next color, so does autism making it harder to determine where one level or type of autism starts and where it terminates. Key Types of Autism What this page contains • • • • • • • • • • • • The Journey from Till about the 1970s, the classical autism studies included all shades of ASD bundled under a generic term ‘Autism’. Today, however, physicians, therapists, and researchers consider each of these five categories while referring to specific autism symptoms: • Autistic Disorder – also known as • Asperser’s Syndrome • • • Classical Interpretation of Autism Fig 3: Autism as interpreted today – A Spectrum of Disorders “Each type of Autism demonstrates a degree of difficulty that a patient faces with verbal, social and communicative interactions. Just as a shade in rainbow o...