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09 Jun 2020, 3:24 pm

Before Dsm v it was part of a set of autism because now it is part of the autistic spectrum but before asperger was autism from Dsm v



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09 Jun 2020, 7:39 pm

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The DSM IV diagnostic manual had Aspergers as a separate diagnosis but it was understood to be part of the Autism Spectrum.

The DSM V diagnostic manual which came out in 2013 is the current DSM Manual. It subsumed the Aspergers disorder, Autistic disorder, Childhood disintegrative disorder, Childhood disintegrative disorder, and Pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) diagnosis into the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.


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