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Diagnostic Criteria

cuttlefish

Hi,

Can anybody tell me what diagnostic criteria are used to assess for ASD & sundry in the UK? I've tried to research it myself but cannot find a coherent answer (assuming there is one).

Is it strictly ICD?

Does anybody use the DSM?

Is there any other criteria used?

(Can you request one over the other? My speech development would exclude me from an autism diagnosis under the current ICD, but also being dyslexic means I've never been able to spell aspergers and if I get a diagnosis I'd rather have one that I can actually write, you know?)


thanks :)

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  • It is supposed to be the ICD officially, but I don't know that there is any law about clinicians using the DSM if they choose to.

    You may find this useful:

    http://141.213.232.243/bitstream/handle/2027.42/44608/10803_2005_Article_BF01046332.pdf?sequence=1

    If you had no speech delay or regression but have all the signs of higher functioning autism that means a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome.  If you did have either of those speech issues you get a diagnosis of autism.  "High-functioning" is not a diagnostic term but is often used by clinicians, hence the diagnosis of HFA.

    Dyslexia has nothing to do with it, that can be a co-morbid of ASC or be a standalone.

    Currently we still use the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome in the UK, it's the American's who have omitted it from the DSM5, I would assume that any UK clinician you see is using the ICD, although there is nothing to stop you asking if you wish.

    You can't worry about being able to spell your diagnosis, it's important that you have the right one.  You can also use "AS" or "Aspie" instead of the full word if you want, or just Google the spelling if you need to use it in any correspondence/forms.

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  • It is supposed to be the ICD officially, but I don't know that there is any law about clinicians using the DSM if they choose to.

    You may find this useful:

    http://141.213.232.243/bitstream/handle/2027.42/44608/10803_2005_Article_BF01046332.pdf?sequence=1

    If you had no speech delay or regression but have all the signs of higher functioning autism that means a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome.  If you did have either of those speech issues you get a diagnosis of autism.  "High-functioning" is not a diagnostic term but is often used by clinicians, hence the diagnosis of HFA.

    Dyslexia has nothing to do with it, that can be a co-morbid of ASC or be a standalone.

    Currently we still use the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome in the UK, it's the American's who have omitted it from the DSM5, I would assume that any UK clinician you see is using the ICD, although there is nothing to stop you asking if you wish.

    You can't worry about being able to spell your diagnosis, it's important that you have the right one.  You can also use "AS" or "Aspie" instead of the full word if you want, or just Google the spelling if you need to use it in any correspondence/forms.

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