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Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDS)
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A class of developmental disorders characterized by significantly impaired behavior or functioning in multiple areas of development.
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Autism
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A pervasive developmental disorder chracterized by failure to relate to others lack of speech, disturbed motor behaviors, intellectual impairment, and demand for sameness in the enviroment.
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Asperger's disorder
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A pervasive developmental disorder characterized by social deficits and sterotyped behavior but without the significant language or cognitive delays associated with autism.
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Retts disorder
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A pervasive developmental disorder characterized by a range of phsyical, behavioral,motor and cognitive abnormalities that begin after a few months of apparently normal development.
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Childhood disintegrative disorder
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A pervasive developmental disorder involving loss of previously acquired skills and abnormal functioning following a period of apparently normal development during the first 2 years life.
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