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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum.ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.
Autism is diagnosed in about 1 in 36 children, and in an estimated 2.2% of adults nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which defines autism as a ...
The NCSA opposes efforts to re-brand severe autism as merely a difference of identity or to replace medical terms such as disorder, deficit, risk, and symptoms with language about differences, traits, or characteristics, as the people with severe autism, unlike most people with autism, have a life-limiting impairment. [10]
Domus is known for participating in autism research studies. [4] The organization is also known as Centro Educativo Domus. In 1980, the organization was founded by a group of parents of autistic children who wanted more support. The original director was Judith Martínez de Vaillard, who also had an autistic son.
There are no known biomarkers for autism spectrum conditions that allow for a conclusive diagnosis. [2] In most cases, diagnostic criteria codified in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) or the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) are used.
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is a United States federal advisory panel within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It coordinates all efforts within HHS concerning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The IACC was established in 2000, and was reauthorized and chartered as a federal advisory committee since 2006.
PDD-NOS was one of four disorders collapsed into the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in the DSM-5, [3] and also was one of the five disorders classified as a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) in the DSM-IV. [4] The ICD-10 equivalents also became part of its definition of autism spectrum disorder, as of the ICD-11.
In 1964, Dr. Bernard Rimland wrote a book, Infantile Autism, that convinced others working in the field that autism is a physiological disorder, not a mental or emotional problem. [9] Rimland was a founder of the Autism Society of America in 1965, but left to create the Autism Research Institute in 1967. [10]