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Skip to main contentAutism itself is a heavily misunderstood condition – many prefer to view autism through common myths and stereotypes, rather than really dig down and fully understand what autism truly is and how it affects each individual differently. But particular types of autism are more obscure and misunderstood than others, and PDD-NOS is just about the most obscure ASD there is.
I’ve only ever spoken to a handful of people who were aware of exactly what PDD-NOS was without me having to explain – including those working with autistic people. ‘Autism’, ‘Aspergers’ and ‘Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)’ all resonate, to some degree, with the public consciousness – even though the public consciousness’s idea of these is usually wildly inaccurate. But with PDD-NOS, it’s not so much an issue of stereotyping (though these come into play too), at least not at first – rather, a bit like other obscure disabilities like Dyspraxia, the problem is that few know what it actually is.
Once people are made aware of it, however, I’ve found PDD-NOS is also very easy to misunderstand. So here are three things PDD-NOS is – and three things PDD-NOS isn’t.
What PDD-NOS is:
What PDD-NOS isn’t:
That’s not all PDD-NOS is (and isn’t), of course – autism is a very complex condition and psychologists’ classification methods for autism are more complex still. But as a rough guide, the points above are more or less what you should bear in mind if you ever come across someone with PDD-NOS.
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