What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder?
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Childhood Disintegrative Disorder can be defined as the following:
- Apparently normal development for at least the first 2 years after birth as manifested by the presence of age-appropriate verbal and nonverbal communication, social relationships, play, and adaptive behavior.
- Clinically significant loss of previously acquired skills (before age 10 years) in at least two of the following areas:
- expressive or receptive language
- social skills or adaptive behavior
- bowel or bladder control
- play
- motor skills
- Abnormalities of functioning in at least two of the following areas:
- qualitative impairment in social interaction (e.g., impairment in nonverbal behaviors, failure to develop peer relationships, lack of social or emotional reciprocity)
- qualitative impairments in communication (e.g., delay or lack of spoken language, inability to initiate or sustain a conversation, stereotyped and repetitive use of language, lack of varied make-believe play)
- restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interest, and activities, including motor stereotypes and mannerisms
- The disturbance is not better accounted for by another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or by Schizophrenia
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