Asperger’s

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), the formal diagnostic category for autism and Asperger’s syndrome is pervasive developmental disorder, or PDD. Pervasive developmental disorders include autistic disorder, Rett’s disorder, Asperger’s disorder (syndrome), childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Mental health professionals, however