Normal People Scare Me: A Blog About Autism

By Keri Bowers

Entries Tagged ‘diagnostics’

READ RAINBOWS AND MONSTERS AT CITY PULSE

Mar.11, 2010 in Uncategorized Leave a Comment

http://npaper-wehaa.com/citypulse/2010/03/10/s1/#?article=790481

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DSM V – URGENT we pay attention to proposed changes in diagnostic criteria

Nov.09, 2009 in News 80 Comments

VIP: Autism diagnostic criteria on the diagnostic manual’s Web site in January will invite comment from the public.
I am reprinting below, a recent article by Claudia Wallis regarding the experts who are currently in talks to revise psychiatry’s diagnostic manual (DSM V) and whom preliminarily have proposed to eliminate Asperger’s and PDD-NOS from the [...]

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Having worked in the disabilities field for over 18 years, my hands-on work with hundreds of kids and adults in the facilitation and design of summer and winter camps, community-based social and life skill groups, and a variety of workshops, along with parenting a child with special needs, have provided me with a unique perspective in disabilities: the professional and the parent.