The autism net has been cast wider. One group of people now falling under this net more often is women and girls. Studies ...

and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)—into a single diagnosis: Autism Spectrum Disorder. The DSM-5 also introduced new criteria for diagnosing autism that ...

RFK Jr. has promised to find the "cause" of the "autism epidemic" by September. Many people in the autism community are offended by his rhetoric.

The expansion of the concept of the autism spectrum and the consequent ... The term pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) as defined in the DSM-IV-TR is used ...

The CDC says that some people with autism spectrum disorder have a ... that what was once called Asperger’s or PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified) is now ...