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CuddleHug
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24 Apr 2014, 10:32 am

For autism spectrum disorder in the dsm 5 it states symptoms must be present in the 'early developmental period'. I am unable to identify what ages this term actually refers to. Could someone help me by clarifying a specific age cut off for this period?

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24 Apr 2014, 10:34 am

There isn't one. It is to the diagnostician's discretion.



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24 Apr 2014, 11:09 am

I didn't show any peculiar signs until I was 4, and I got officially diagnosed at 8.


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24 Apr 2014, 12:08 pm

3 was cutoff for autism before dsm 5.
I think 3 is good cutoff.


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24 Apr 2014, 12:12 pm

Generally, birth-7 years. But with reference to the dsm, I do not know.



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24 Apr 2014, 12:28 pm

I assume it's anywhere under age five. But that can be very difficult to tell if the kid is so mild. Things kids do at a young age is actually normal but with autism, it's more extreme and if someone is mild, their symptoms may not be noticeable because it would blend in with being a toddler so therefore their symptoms would be seen as normal. My son is always watching Spiderman and that is pretty much he wants to watch and it's all day long. He is always playing with cars too and it's usually the same things over and over and he will ask if we are happy. That is normal at that age. Toddlers do have narrow interests so they will be fixated on one thing. If an aspie was doing it at that age too, it would also look normal to me unless their symptoms were that extreme but if theirs is mild, I don't think it would be noticeable.


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