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It would be helpful if i could get some resonses to my querry.

It is more work than fun, and funner than fun for some. I do not care if your sentence is a run-on sentence, or even a paragraph of a sentence, or how concise, but i would appreciate it if it were appropriate. Even if its in the usual tone of the fatalist, i do not care.

I am formulating some arguments and a diverse list of definitions to this sentence would take me a long way.

First the Sentence:

According to DSM-IV:
PDD is defined as;
Disorders that involve impairments in reciprocal social interactions/communicative skills, and the presence of stereotypical behaviors, interests, and activities.


The definitions of key words:

Disorders- A disruption of normal physical or mental functions.


Impairments- impair >verb; weaken or damage
from latin pejorare 'make worse'

Reciprocal- Grammar (of a pronoun or verb) expressing mutual action or relationship

Social- 1. relating to society, its organization, or heirarchy. 2. needing
companionship; suited to living in communities.

Interaction- act so as to have a recriprocal effect.

Communicative- willing or eager to talk or impart information

skills- 1. the ability to do something well; expertise or dexterity. 2. a particular
ability.

stereotypical- stereotype >noun 1. a preconceived and over-simplified idea
of the characteristics which typify a person or thing. >verb- view or
represent as a stereotype.

behaviors- the way in which someone or something behaves (acts)

activities- 1. A condition in which things are happening or being done. 2. busy or
vigorous action or movement 3. an action taken in pursuit of an object.
4. a recreational pursuit 5. the degree to which something displays its
characteristic property or behavior

interests- 1. the state of wanting to know about something or someone. 2. the quality of
exciting curiosity or holdin attention 3. a subject about which one is concerned
or enthusiastic. >verb excite the curiosity or attention of



That is all, simple assignment. Except for the fact that i am having a mental block trying to find another sentence which is appropriate but worded differently and beholden to the definition of each word.

ps
i think i would prefer run on sentences for replies. sticking with my style.

Your avatar disturbs me.

No it doesn't.

why? i thought the tan lines were a particularly nice touch. except for the arms, this is where mine are because i wear socks and shorts. i used to do my best thinking on the can, but now i do the best in the tub, and that would spoil the effect (tho now i will explore it).

this is another of my projects, o person of similar mind:

Variations in reciprocal social interactions and communicative skills.
The use of alternative sesnory compensation skills.
Variance in type and intensity of interests and activities.

This does not quite meet my requirements, because I want to place such issues on a continuum of human behavior and have to social acceptability of certain behavior be understood as part of what constitutes the discomfort of people who fall within a couple of deviations from the mean of social behavior.
The difficult part of this is identifying certain behaviors as significantly interfering with one's social educational or occupational functioning. An expanded definition of this idea of impairment correctly identifies the behavior of people who mistreat others as an impairment, suggesting that the cure is to change the attitudes of those people. This is the core concept of diversity training (an area of specialty of mine).
Mistreatment is defined as including any prejudicial or discriminatory behavior engaged in which does not have the function of protection from actual (vs imagined) danger.
So impairment becomes any behavior which places the identified person at risk of harm, and the source can be internal or the person (example: headbanging which causes injury), or the source can be external or individual/group/institutional, such as a job which disciplines an employee for not being social enough, or for making social errors. Granted that social errors could cause some harm in the form of hurt feelings, but if intent is taken into account than the issue becomes one of accident vs malicious harm.

i was thinking about sending you a private message since i thought you would be the perfect person to streamline the definition.

the reason i didn't was two-fold;
1. i am trying to get my post count up to shake the yellow-bellied label
2. so others can share from your wisdom

still, i would like to hear from others.

was i somewhat terse with the concerned aunt?

I didn't get the direct question, but from what I could glean we are defining the Autistic Spectrum?

In my opinion:

Core Symptoms: (No ASD without these, but symptom can be to a mild degree present)

1. social issues/oddities
2. language issues/oddities
3. executive dysfunction
4. general/obsessive inclination to repetition

Second Round Symptoms: (Likely to be present though not required)

5. obsessive interests (either simple or more academic)
6. Sensory Processing Disorder (this includes stimming)
7. difficulties with change/need for routine
8. clumsiness/coordination problems

Third Round Symptoms: (Symptoms/conditions to look for which make the presence of an ASD more likely)

9. comorbid conditions (like ADHD/ADD, OCD, Tourette's, etc.)
10. family history of an ASD or ASD traits or common comorbid disorders

redefining in terms more related to individual difference (vs disability).

Ah. Hmmm... Well, since everybody's disabled in some way, I reckon my first post stands as is.