PDD NOS entities

Clinic

• PDD-NOS is one of the four ASD in DSM-5
• It is also was one of the five disorders classified as a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) in the DSM-4.
• It is used for "severe or pervasive impairment in the development of reciprocal social interaction and/or verbal and nonverbal communication skills, or when stereotyped behavior, interests, and/or activities are present, but the criteria are not met for a specific PDD" or for several other disorders.
• PDD-NOS includes atypical autism, because the criteria for autistic disorder are not met, for instance because of late age of onset, atypical symptomatology, or subthreshold symptomatology, or all of these.
• PDD-NOS may be milder or more severe than typical Autism

Signs and symptoms

PDD-NOS have more intact social skills and a lower level of intellectual deficit than individuals with other PDDs.

• Communication difficulties (e.g., using and understanding language)
• Difficulty with social behavior
• Paranoia, a characteristic form of social anxiety, derealization, transient psychosis, and unconventional beliefs if the environment changed without further notice
• Uneven skill development (strengths in some areas and delays in others)
• Unusual play with toys and other objects
• Repetitive body movements or behavior patterns
• Preoccupation with fantasies that interfere and that are not normal to have at a certain age depending on social, cultural and religious norms.
• Unconventional perception of the world
• Maladaptive daydreaming, excessive daydreaming interfering with daily life

Entities

• Apahasi
• Psychosis
• Hyper reflexia
• Ataxia / Incoordination

Miams

JE

Note

Here Ataxia has many forms but sensory ataxia (SA) is very similar to Autism because its caused by propioceptive impairments. Interestingly SA has a direct relation to Pseudoathetosis and Kinetic tremor. JE cover both of them

Autism and ataxia