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Article: Asperger's, high-functioning autism often overlap.(Behavioral Pediatrics)
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- Pediatric News
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- December 1, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- Officially, the lack of delayed language skills is what separates a child with Asperger's disorder from one with high-functioning autism. But the reality is far more complex, Chris Plauche Johnson, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Both Asperger's disorder and autism are included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) under "Pervasive Developmental Disorders," a term which itself is now falling out of use in favor of "autism spectrum disorders." Asperger's disorder is a unique diagnostic category in DSM-IV-TR, while children who meet the criteria for autism except for having normal ...