Autism
Autism S pectrum Disorder Today, I'd like to talk a little bit about autism spectrum disorder or autism. You'll notice that I used the term autism spectrum disorder because it is, in fact, a "spectrum." It isn't a single disorder; in fact, individuals fall on the spectrum in different ways, having different skills, abilities, and characteristics, but they all share certain things in common. We'll talk about those common features and characteristics in a moment. Furthermore, when we talk about autism, we also often talk about pervasive developmental disorder PDD, also referred to as PDD-NOS. We talk about Asperger's syndrome , sometimes referred to as high-functioning autism , and we talk about childhood disintegrative disability or disorder, so what are some of the characteristic features predominant features of autism. Well, individuals who fall within this autism spectrum disorder They have difficulties in social interac...