The new proposed DSM definition of autism eliminates the Asperger's and PDD-NOS categories altogether, lumping them into autism, and takes langauge delay out of the equation. The social deficits, inflexibility, and stereotyped/repetitive interests and behaviors become the key defining features.

http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=94#

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