Neurodevelopmental Disorders (DSM-5)
Neurodevelopmental Disorders (DSM-5)
Topic 1: Neurodevelopmental Disorders (DSM-5)
Other neurodevelopmental disorders that have been identified by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) are Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD), intellectual disabilities, communication disorders, and specific learning disorders. According to the DSM-5, like all neurodevelopmental disorders, ASD has an early onset, usually before a child enters grade school (and probably in utero).
ASD also involves symptoms of excesses and deficits; i.e. that a person with ASD exhibits too much of some behaviors (being extremely interested in a subject of interest for example) and too little of some others (like eye contact with other people). A person diagnosed with ASD may sometimes be diagnosed with another neurodevelopmental disorder, such as ADD/ADHD. However, more often someone with ASD will first be misdiagnosed as having ADD/ADHD.
Watch the following video, Amazing Things Happen (5:30), and list 2-3 ways you could use what you have learned to introduce ASD to others in your library.
Here is the link to video transcript: Amazing Things Video Transcript
References
National Institute of Mental Health (2016, October). Autism Spectrum Disorder. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd/index.shtml#part_145438