TY - JOUR
AU - Kardash, Adam
AB - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1989 Brief Report Brief Report: A Comparison of DSM-III and DSM-III-R Criteria for Autism I David C. Factor, 2 Nancy L. Freeman, and Adam Kardash TRE-ADD, Thistletown Regional Centre Several different sets of criteria for autism have been developed (e.g., Ameri- can Psychiatric Association, 1980; Kanner, 1943; Rutter, 1978; Wing, 1976). The most recent, DSM-III-R (American Psychiatric Association, 1987), has broadened the diagnostic concept of autism from DSM-III (Volkmar, Breg- man, Cohen, & Cicchetti, 1988), allowing for the gradation of behavior seen in autistic children. This type of more inclusive definition may be useful if researchers clearly define their terms (Denckla, 1986), but there may be pos- sible negative effects (Werry, 1988), such as the inclusion of nonautistic in- dividuals. There are major changes in the diagnosis of autism between DSM-III and DSM-III-R. The revised criteria are much more concrete and observa- ble than those in DSM-III. The need for deficits to be defined in relation to the child's mental age, with qualitative impairments present (Cantwell & Baker, 1988; Coleman & GiUberg, 1985; Rutter & Schopler, 1988) is reflect- ed in the DSM-III-R requirements explicitly stating the criterion is 
TI - Brief report: A comparison of DSM-III and DSM-III-R criteria for autism
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
DO - 10.1007/BF02212862
DA - 2005-09-23
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SP - 637
EP - 640
VL - 19
IS - 4
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