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Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome in Adults: Navigating a Late Diagnosis
...before, but it recontextualizes everything. The question shifts from "what's wrong with me" to "why do I work this way." What the Diagnosis Means. The DSM-5 merged Asperger's syndrome into autism spectrum disorder in 2013. If you're receiving a diagnosis today, it'll say ASD Level 1 (requiring support)....
Medical > Neurology
Sensory Processing Disorder: The Neuroscience Behind Your Child's Sensitivity
...often enough, is that there's neuroscience behind this. Sensory Processing Disorder affects 5 to 16 percent of school-aged children. It's not in the DSM-5, which means it exists in a diagnostic limbo that makes insurance coverage and school accommodations harder to secure. But research from UCSF's Sensory...
Health > Diagnosis
Getting Diagnosed as an Adult: The Late Autism and ADHD Discovery
...unsustainable. Why Childhood Diagnosis Misses So Many. Autism and ADHD are both diagnosed using criteria developed from clinical observation of children. The DSM-5 requires evidence that symptoms were present before age 12 for ADHD and during early development for autism. That requirement is meant to distinguish...
Health > Diagnosis
How to Fight an Insurance Denial for Your Child's Autism or ADHD Evaluation
...but no description of specific functional impairments, the reviewer has no basis to distinguish this request from a routine developmental check. The DSM-5 criteria for autism and ADHD require documented impact on daily functioning. Without evidence of those impairments in the authorization request, the...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When is it Attention Deficit Disorder?
...to receive a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder, the symptoms must be present for an extended period of time (over six months, according to the DSM) and be present across many settings, including school, home, and within the community. Additionally, the symptoms of attention deficit must severely...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Testing for ADHD
...compares a person's behavior in these situations to a list of diagnostic criteria. Most often, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, serves as the basis for these diagnostic criteria. Individuals with ADHD exhibit either inattention or hyperactivity and impulsivity, or a combination...
Health > Diagnosis
The Future of Diagnosis with DSM-5
...professional. The publication of the new DSM-5 (the DSM-IV TR, or text revision,...publication of the new DSM-5 (the DSM-IV TR, or text revision, is the...the mental health field. The DSM-5 makes some significant changes,...Disorders Other areas of the DSM are being revised as well, and...of the biggest changes of the DSM-5 that causes concern is the...
News > Advocacy
New Definition of Autism Worries Some
...Association has the task of reassessing the definition of autism for the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The new manual is expected to narrow the criteria for autism, possibly excluding people with a diagnosis who are "higher functioning." It would also...
Health > Mental Health
New Mental Health Manual Could Be “Dangerous”
...Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Many experts are calling new...having mental disorders. The DSM is published by the American...that the fifth edition of the DSM be halted in its development...development and rethought. The new DSM could also give serial rapists...to avoid the conclusion that DSM-5 will help the interests of...