| PDD-NOS in Particular |
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| PDD-NOS will present itself similarly to the children who have autism (some people argue that these conditions should be combined as one), but will have a smaller degree of a severe impairment. These children are more likely to be verbal and have some degree of verbal or non-verbal effective communication, yet they must have the features of Autism (as per the DSM IV criteria) and a severe impairment in social interaction, communication, or repetitive stereotype behavior. This term is reserved for children with a severe impairment who do not completely qualify for any other Autistic diagnosis, due to age of onset or combination of Autistic features.
~~~On that Note~~~ If your still somewhat confused (it took me awhile to wrap my head around it), I'll explain it to you as I explained it to my son. (He had a real hard time with his diagnosis). The form of Autism my child has (PDD-NOS) is how I describe as "Autism Lite". There are severe forms, and not severe forms...PDD-NOS is a non-severe form. I appealled to the "food lover" in my son, and used Peanut Butter as an example. For all parents with children with Autism, please don't get offended by this explanation. It's the only way I knew how to explain it to him in terms he'd understand. He understood when I explained it this way. "I look at Autism the same way I look at Peanut butter. There are many kinds: Smooth Chunky Fat-Free Peanut-Free Peanut Butter Light and so on. If we made a line, and put all these kinds of peanut butter on a line, with Smooth at one end...and Light on the other...you'd be on the Light side. Your on the light side, because your symptoms aren't as bad as some other children who have Autism. You do have them, but not in a Smooth, or Chunky way. Do you understand?" He sat there for a few minutes, took it in...and ran back some information I had said. He got it! He understood. Now he's trying to educate people in his own way, that even though he has Autism, it's the "Lite Version". |
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