Comments on: How do professionals determine whether a child’s autism is mild, moderate or severe? http://www.myautismsite.com/how-do-professionals-determine-whether-a-childs-autism-is-mild-moderate-or-severe-2364.html Autism Headlines, Resources & News From Around The World Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:39:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mattshark http://www.myautismsite.com/how-do-professionals-determine-whether-a-childs-autism-is-mild-moderate-or-severe-2364.html/comment-page-1#comment-1493 Mattshark Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:33:17 +0000 http://www.myautismsite.com/how-do-professionals-determine-whether-a-childs-autism-is-mild-moderate-or-severe-2364.html#comment-1493 There is nothing in the diagnostic manual used by healthcare professionals designating the severity of the autism, so that would be something being used by a particular professional or clinic as a descriptor. I would then think that it is a non-standardized description indicating something about the magnitude of the impairment. There is nothing in the diagnostic manual used by healthcare professionals designating the severity of the autism, so that would be something being used by a particular professional or clinic as a descriptor. I would then think that it is a non-standardized description indicating something about the magnitude of the impairment.

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