autism spectrum disorder — noun a disorder encompassing a wide range of symptoms including those identified as autism, Asperger s syndrome and atypical autism. Abbrev.: ASD …
Autism spectrum — The term autism spectrum is often used to describe disorders that are currently classified as pervasive developmental disorders. Pervasive developmental disorders include Autistic Disorder, Asperger s Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder,… … Wikipedia
Spectrum disorder — in psychiatry is a term used to describe a mental disorder when there is thought to be not a unitary disorder but rather a syndrome composed of subgroups that can range from relatively severe to relatively mild and nonclinical deficits .cite… … Wikipedia
Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders — There are many conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders, such as fragile X syndrome and epilepsy. In medicine and in psychiatry, comorbidity describes the effect of other diseases an individual patient might have other than the primary… … Wikipedia
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder — comprises a hypothesized spectrum of psychiatric and medical disorders thought to be related to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).McElroy SL, Phillips KA, Keck PE Jr. Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder. J Clin Psychiatry . 1994 Oct;55 Suppl … Wikipedia
Autism Resource Centre (Singapore) — (abbrev. ARC(S)) is a non profit organisation in Singapore.Started by volunteers, ARC(S) aims to highlight the needs of individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and provide a spectrum of services that helps them maximise their fullest… … Wikipedia
autistic spectrum disorder — noun Any disorder characterised by symptoms associated with autism … Wiktionary
Autism — This article is about the classic autistic disorder; some writers use the word autism when referring to the range of disorders on the autism spectrum or to the various pervasive developmental disorders.[1] Autism … Wikipedia
Autism therapies — A three year old with autism points to fish in an aquarium, as part of an experiment on the effect of intensive shared attention training on language development.[1] Autism therapies attempt to lessen the deficits and … Wikipedia
Autism Treatment Trust — The Autism Treatment Trust, a Glasgow, Scotland based charity, was established in 2006 by the autism advocacy group Action Against Autism, whose mission is predicated on the belief that every child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) … Wikipedia