What's the difference between Autism and behavior disorder?

Answer 1

Emotional behavior disorder (EBD) is also known as emotional behavioral disability, emotional disturbance (ED) and serious emotional disturbance (SED). EBD is a condition in which individuals have trouble with a persistent unhappy mood as well as inappropriate emotional responses and behavior. The condition can also affect social interaction, communication, learning.

Schools use the term EBD and ED to describe student behavior and take it into consideration during class placement based on the criteria from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA describes the characteristics of students with EBD as:

• Learning problems that are not due to intellectual, health or sensory issues
• Problems with social interaction and appropriate behavior
• Inappropriate feelings, behavior or responses to normal situations
• Depression
• Tendency to develop fears or negative physical reactions to school problems or family issues

The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) has six categories for emotional behavior problems:

• Attention problems
• Conduct disorder
• Anxiety/withdrawal
• Social aggression
• Motor excess
• Psychotic behavior

Many mental health and special education experts criticize DSM-IV-TR's categories for emotional behavioral conditions as too broad.

Autism Defined

Autism is defined by the DSM-IV-TR as a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). It is one of five PDDS that include Asperger's Syndrome, PDD-NOS, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Rett's Syndrome. Autism is a spectrum disorder and each person experiences symptoms and levels of impairment. Symptoms of autism include:

• Serious delays in early childhood developmental milestones
• Reluctant to make eye contact
• Limited to no verbal speech and vocabulary development
• Severe language delays
• No pretend play
• Preference to be alone and does not want to interact with peers
• Problems making friends
• Difficulty understanding verbal instructions
• Appears aloof
• Frequent irrational tantrums
• Requires a strict routine
• Has a narrow range of interests
• Problems with attention
• Sensory issues, such as having an unusual reaction to certain sounds, tastes, sights and textures
• Obsessive or repetitive behavior such as hand flapping, skin picking or spinning

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Answer 2

Asbergers is actually a kind of autism. Asbergers is better than most autism. They have bigger brains and can do many things that other children can't. Also,They are obsessed with their hobbies. To learn more, e-mail me, ejlovesab@hotmail.com .

Answer 3

I believe you're referring to Asperger Syndrome, this is no longer a diagnosis.

Asperger Syndrome was a diagnosis given to Autistic people who did not show developmental delays - Autistic people who did show developmental delays would have been diagnosed as having Autism spectrum Disorder - now Asperger Syndrome is merged with Autism. There is no other clear difference between the two diagnosis, and given as people develop at different speeds this was not a clear enough distinction to keep Asperger Syndrome as a separate diagnosis. Often doctors diagnosed someone as having Asperger Syndrome just to avoid the stigma of Autism diagnosis.