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In some places on this page we have used words and phrases that come from medical manuals and may not reflect how we usually write about autism. We have used this language to give an accurate representation of the criteria and tools used by professionals in an autism assessment. Although many people including most autistic people do not consider autism to be a disorder, and autism is not a disease, these manuals are the standard classification systems used by health care professionals to assess and diagnose autism.
In short, the core characteristics are:. The DSM-5 is not published publicly online as this is a purchase-only manual principally designed for clinicians. A diagnosis should not be based on any autism-specific diagnostic instrument alone but should be informed by information from a range of sources, together with clinical judgement. Common tools used for diagnosis are listed below. Note that although Asperger syndrome is no longer used as a diagnostic term for autism, some tools that refer to it are still used.
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