| Autism spectrum disorder has other categories, | | | | but one that affects only girls. Also, in addition to |
| which can be referred to as Pervasive | | | | the classic autism symptoms that the sufferer |
| Developmental Disorders. This article looks closely | | | | experiences, there are also characteristic jerky |
| at and discusses three of them. | | | | hand movements, loss of motor and language |
| Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not | | | | skills, and seizures. Eventually, the patient may die |
| Otherwise Specified, also known as PDD-NOS. | | | | as a result of irregular breathing, which suggests |
| This is a condition that is a lot more like classic | | | | that this condition is a bit more severe than |
| autism than Asperger's because the patient | | | | classic autistic disorder. |
| actually has symptoms in all three areas of the | | | | Also, there is the Childhood Disintegrative |
| spectrum - behavioral, social, and communicative. | | | | Disorder, or CDD. When you suffer from classic |
| However, they the symptoms are not severe | | | | autism, you likely have it from infancy, but when |
| enough for a full autism diagnosis. As a result, you | | | | it is CDD, you may have lived a normal life for |
| know that it is not autism, but you don't know | | | | two to four years before anyone even has a |
| what else it is. This is what accounts for the NOS | | | | clue. You should know that the prognosis for CDD |
| (Not Otherwise Specified) suffix of the name of | | | | is worse than for high functioning autism because |
| the disorder. | | | | it also involves, in addition to the basic symptoms, |
| Rett's Syndrome is a condition like autism as well, | | | | loss of toilet use, self-care, and language. |