2 Your Health:New criteria to diagnosis autism

2 Your Health : Friday, January 20th (Added: January 20, 2012)

A new definition of autism could dramatically reduce the number of people diagnosed with the disorder, and could cut funding for educational programs and government support. Carolyn Murray takes a lo (more)

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Toddler brain difference linked to autism

Autism is believed to affect as many as 1 in 150 children. Researchers report that the size of a specific part of the brain may help experts pinpoint when autism could first develop and hope the findings result in earlier intervention.

By: Carolyn Murray | CountOn2.com
Published: January 20, 2012

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The number of children diagnosed with autism has skyrocketed during the last decade with roughly one in one hundred and ten children said to have the condition.

But that could change soon.

The manual doctors use to guide them through an autism diagnosis called DSM is changing the definition of autism.

Dr. James McPartland, of the Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine says "There is a group of people who are currently meeting diagnostic criteria who my not meet according to the proposed DSM5 criteria."

Experts estimate that half of autism patients who are high-functioning, meaning they have normal I-Q's, would no longer be considered autisitic under the new deifintion new definition.