EzraS wrote:
xile123 wrote:
I feel alone. Everyone either has AS or classic autism.
What's the difference between them? A friend I made at summer camp is PDD. But when I asked what the difference was it didn't seem like anyone was able to give a definitive answer.
So under the DSM IV, you'd have to meet the criteria for PDD and then autism to get diagnosed autism, PDD and then Asperger's to get diagnosed Asperger's, but for PDD-NOS they meet the criteria for PDD but wouldn't for Asperger's or autism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervasive ... _specified50% of them have little to no repetitive behaviors, but the other half may just be on the edge of Asperger's or autism but not fully meet it. Basically, they didn't fit into the stupidly specific boxes of the old criteria and PDD-NOS is just another form of autism.
As for the OP, I have seen at least one other person with PDD-NOS but for some reason they're rare on this site and I wonder why.