Article regarding proposed new definition of Autsim

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Jan 23, 2012, 4:42:51 PM1/23/12

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The following is an article written by Westborough SEPAC member Ilyse Levine-Kanji about a proposed new definition of autism. The article has been published in CommonHealth, a National Public Radio/WBUR blog. The article was written in response to the American Psychiatric Association’s possible decision to re-define "autism" in the upcoming DSM V. Dr. Volkmar of Yale published a study last week warning that the proposed new definition would exclude 55% of the people who are currently diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, including approximately 25% of individuals currently diagnosed with classical autism, 75% with asperger’s syndrome and 85% diagnosed with PDD-NOS (pervasive developmental delay, not otherwise specified).