Difference between PDD-NOS and Asperger's Syndrome

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All these are true.

She talked about Asperger's only (AFAIK).

the only difference is that pdd-nos is like Asperger syndrome but with a language and/or cognitive delay.

I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS and I am not cognitively impaired, nor did I have a speech delay. The doctor who diagnosed me told me that he diagnosed me with PDD-NOS because my aspie/autistic symptoms are very mild and i'm high functioning.

What if there is no evidence in childhood development ( my mum cant remember and I personaly cant remember anything of real relevance ) , is that possibly BAP , although as Im in the UK I dont think its a recognised condition , I think it is regarded as over-medicalization of personality traits.

I have heard of cases like that where someone doesn't fit autism until they are older. But I have never heard of such thing online from any articles or from any experts or in any books. Only from people online and I assume they were speaking from personal experience. Plus I believe it's listed in the new ASD criteria when it says how symptoms must be present in early childhood unless social demands goes beyond whatever it said in the criteria. I don't remember the wording.

I just wanted to necro this thread as I'm interested in this topic.

DuneyBlues did bring up the point that individuals with PDD-NOS have issues with functioning independently, and have lower IQ's; although this isn't always the case, as I've known a fair few people who have PDD-NOS, who have normal intelligence (albeit, they are still slower learners), and normal, or even great social skills, but still have other traits like co-morbid conditions like ADD, dyslexia, or slight sensory issues.

In my own case, my dad has some very minor autistic traits like slight stimming and minor eye contact issues, but doesn't have restricted and repetitive interests as far as I can tell, and he also has normal intelligence and social skills; in turn, I have inherited his normal intelligence and social skills, but developed those restricted and repetitive interests along with it. My mother does not have any autistic traits whatsoever, and my sister also has none. I guess what I'm try to say is, if PDD-NOS occurs in a single sibling, but not the other, it would likely be quite mild providing the parent has normal intelligence and social skills.

http://autism.lovetoknow.com/What_Is_th ... nd_PDD-NOS

The article states that people with PDD-NOS have language delay, but this isn't necessarily true, as I had no language delay, although, with that being said, I've always had much trouble with fully expressing myself and describing things in depth.