The New Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM 5)

The new DSM 5 is due this month (May 2013). It is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Three diagnosis will be removed: Aspergers Syndrome, PDD-NOS, and CDD. They will go under one diagnosis, autism.

How is that going to affect parents, cliniacians, educators, advocates, and the children themselves with these conditions?

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