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[quote=Anonymous]Was talking to a friend whose son previously had a diagnosis as being ASD which was recently removed. My daughter has some SNs that we are wondering if a neuropsych will reveal to be ASD as it presents in girls. She does not present any of the typical tells of ASD that boys do since it is so different in girls but her main areas that are problematic are higher order language and she is a bit socially immature compared to other girls (on par with boys mostly). Anyway, all of this will get to put together by a neuropsych but my question is when things that previously explained kids like this pretty specifically, like PDD-NOS or even Aspbergers, why were they removed from the DSM only to be replaced by the much more vague and general "on the spectrum"? I am not sure how it helps kids who may have these specific traits to lose a label that accurately defined their problem only to be told now they're just somewhere on the spectrum generally. Anyone know the rationale? Also, if your child had one of the labels that was previously used but no longer is, what happens to their diagnosis? Does it change? Did it affect any of your treatment or therapies or school goals? Just confused how removing these things helps the kids who were diagnosed with them. [/quote]

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