2012年10月2日 · PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) is an autism spectrum disorder that is often referred to as atypical autism. A diagnosis of PDD-NOS indicates that the individual has many of the signs of autism while not meeting the full criteria for autism or Asperger Syndrome (AS).

2023年10月23日 · PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified) was a diagnosis under the DSM-4. It didn’t have any specific criteria, but was applied when someone showed autistic features that didn’t fully meet the criteria for Autistic Disorder or …

2024年2月28日 · This is incorrect, PDD-NOS could be used for any failure to meet the full criteria for any of Autism, Asperger’s etc. but the clinician thinks this is the right diagnosis. There were lots of speech, self-care and cognitive exclusions and inclusions not in the main criteria that made an individual diagnosis a bit of a lottery.

A place for those diagnosed with PDD-NOS, an autistic spectrum disorder. This place is created to give those with PPD-NOS a way to communicate about their life experiences to gain awareness and understanding of themselves.

2022年12月27日 · From DSM5: "Note: Individuals with a well-established DSM-IV diagnosis of autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) should be given the diagnosis of autism …

2013年9月13日 · Reading the FAQ, it describes PDD-NOS as a specific developmental disorder on the autism spectrum. Wikipedia says the same general thing. How seriously should I take this "diagnosis?" Is PDD-NOS ever used as a stand in for "this person has a weird personality, possibly verging on personality disorder, but we don't really know what it is?"

2023年1月26日 · With the DSM-5, PDD-NOS, Aspergers and Autism (PDD) were all lumped together to form the Autism Spectrum Disorder. Prior to the DSM-5, the PDD-NOS category was a catch all category referred by some as being “the trash pile”. There was all sorts of person diagnosed with it, for various reasons, justified or not.

2013年3月8日 · PDD-NOS technically means that a person has autism spectrum symptoms that are bad enough to interfere with important aspects of life, but not enough different symptoms or enough symptom categories to officially qualify for a diagnosis of autistic disorder or Asperger's.

2021年9月7日 · PDD-NOS is sometimes called "atypical autism". It was given as a diagnosis when someone didn't fully fit the criteria for the other ASD diagnoses. Nowadays, support needs levels are often used for ASD diagnoses instead. If you are a woman, or were assigned female at birth, you are less likely to have stereotypical autism traits.

2022年2月9日 · I was diagnosed with pdd-nos as I was diagnosed before the dsm v. My medical charts say either "asd" "autism spectrum" or "pdd-nos" so yes pdd-nos is now part of the autism spectrum and you can consider yourself to be autistic