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Special Needs Blog Week in Review – May 6 – 12, 2012

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Once a week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a quick summary of all of the blogs that appeared here in the past seven days. It is an easy way to find the blogs that you might have wanted to read, but, didn’t end up having time for when they first appeared. What did you miss this week? The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on May 7, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of “Hold the Gluten”. The episode is called “Celiac Awareness Month”. One host shares her experience of being on … Continue reading →

Asperger Syndrome Eliminated from DSM-5

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The latest round of cuts to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders includes the removal of Asperger Syndrome, (as well as some other disorders). Comments about this change will be accumulated until June 15, 2012. It is expected that the DSM-5 will be published in May of 2013. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (or DSM) is a huge catalog of symptoms that can be used by doctors and by psychiatrists around the world to properly diagnose a person with a mental illness. The DSM is not set in stone. Instead, it is designed to have … Continue reading →

New Definition of Autism Could Exclude Many Who Have It

The American Psychiatric Association is getting ready to release a new set of guidelines that will be used to diagnose autism. This new criteria could exclude many people who have Asperger’s Syndrome, “high-functioning autism”, or P.D.D.-N.O.S. Naturally, parents are concerned about how this will affect the assistance that their children are currently receiving. The American Psychiatric Association is getting ready to release the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This is the first time it has been revised in fifteen years. The DSM is the source that is used in order to diagnose mental disorders. … Continue reading →