The profession's standard reference guide, DSM-5, changes definitions for some disabilities commonly seen in schools.
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Education Week: Disability Definitions Revised in Psychiatric Manual
June 3, 2013
Education Week: Disability Definitions Revised in Psychiatric Manual
May 17, 2013
New DSM Brings Change, Assurances For Those … – Disability Scoop
For the first time in more than a decade, a new version of the DSM will be unveiled this weekend and with it comes major change to the way autism is diagnosed.
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May 6, 2013
Feds To Move Away From DSM – Disability Scoop
Just weeks before a new version of the DSM is scheduled for release, the head of the National Institute of Mental Health says patients with mental disorders deserve better.
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Feds To Move Away From DSM – Disability Scoop
January 21, 2013
After Criticism, DSM Committee Changes Course – Disability Scoop
Experts behind the new version of the DSM didn't back down on major changes to the definition of autism, but appear to have made an about-face when it comes to intellectual disability .
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After Criticism, DSM Committee Changes Course – Disability Scoop
May 29, 2012
DSM Committee Takes Heat Over 'Mental … – Disability Scoop
As experts behind a forthcoming update of the DSM look to revise psychiatry's definition of mental retardation their efforts are becoming unexpectedly contentious.
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DSM Committee Takes Heat Over 'Mental … – Disability Scoop
March 2, 2012
Parents & Learning Disabilities – Dyscalculia
I have received e-mails from adults and adolescents who are considering suicide because of their learning disabilities.
February 28, 2012
February 25, 2012
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Intellectual Disability and the DSM …
Catherine Lord, and her highly influential views about autism and intellectual disability seem to have changed a bit since the 2003 article published below and the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over which will be published in 2013.
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Intellectual Disability and the DSM …
January 27, 2012
Seth Mnookin: Autism Roundtable: Cross-Disability Solidarity, Goals …
I asked some of the people who've influenced my thinking about autism to collaborate on a virtual roundtable. This conversation, which took place before the Times story on the DSM, is open-ended and free-ranging.
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August 21, 2010
Changes to the Mental Health Listings for Social Security …
The American Association of Mental Retardation is now the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities . The new DSM-5 for 2013 will remove the term Mental Retardation in favor of Intellectual Disability . …
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Changes to the Mental Health Listings for Social Security …