PDD-NOS?

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Back in the 70's I was pretty much diagnosed PDD-NOS. Never really heard "autism" as much and never heard asergers. I mainly just heard developmental disorder, perceptual problems, impaired social development, motor dysfunction. One time I heard autistic traits or autistic tendencies. It's not like they sat down with me personally and went over it with me like they did with my mom, who never elaborated too much. But I have some old records that pretty much said what I listed above.

In a nutshell, does anyone know the discernible difference (in any) between Aspergers and PDD-NOS? I have a hard time following all the technical DSM-IV jargon and codes, so I need the "For Dummies" version

The story I got was that PDD-NOS was an acceptable maner to describe individuals who did'nt meet the (then) critera of "autism". It was also a lot easier to tell parents and patients "PDD-NOS", since it was vague.

I don't want to get dragged into the arguements with some posters that PDD-NOS is not AS is not HFA is not (insert whatever), since you'd be hard pressed to find two "experts" that agree on every single point.

I got PDD-NOS because my repetitive motions and activities had gotten mild as I got older. I was told I once met the criteria for a different PDD-NOS, likely met the criteria for Asperger's as a teenager, and currently am back to PDD-NOS.

Glad when the new manual comes out because this is just ridiculous.

PDD-NOS is the most common form of autism, by far, which means the diagnostic criteria are flawed.

PDD-NOS is in the middle of the autism spectrum when it comes to diagnosis. It's not clear whatever you have a higher or lower functioning form of autism because there are few aspects of your personally that don't fit any of the criteria for a full blown diagnose of any autistic disorder.

(Have PDD-NOS)

My son was Dx'd as PDD-NOS and he is very bright. He tested for Gifted and Talented and we are awaiting the results. He made extraordinary progress after intensive EI and is very high functioning.

PDD-NOS is not "in between autism and Asperger's". All it means it that the person with it clearly has some kind of autism, but doesn't fully mean the diagnostic criteria for one of the other ASDs.

Here's a good post on it. It has a section on how people may actually be able to meet the criteria for PDD-NOS:

http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/20 ... lly-means/

As of January 1 2013 PDD-NOS and Aspergers are a redundant diagnosis. It's like a black person discussing what kinds of racist names their ancestors used to be called when walking down the street.

I have pddnos too. But I just say autism, cause it's easier to say.

Middle is B.S.

Typically, PDD-NOS falls into the following types (Sorry, I made them up)

There is no "ranking". The system is actually quite a mess. There exist people with an Aspergers diagnosis who are lower functioning on all the criteria than others with HFA diagnosis. One thing I notice is people are more likely to get a PDD-NOS or HFA diagnosis as children. I got a PDD-NOS diagnosis at the age of 5, which was back in 1985. There was no official "Aspergers" label at the time but I probably would have gotten it if it did exist. According to more recent tests I had I'm at the extreme high functioning end of Aspergers, but have compounding issues nonetheless and will always feel like I am far from "normal", whatever that is.