There are many adoptive children diagnosed everyday with disorders like PDD, autism, ADHD, ADD, FAS, OCD, PTSD, etc. I could go on forever and list a myriad of alphabet soup. But many parents have no idea what some of the acronyms mean when their children receive the diagnoses.
Because of AJ’s issues I have done a lot of research on autism, institutional autism and PDD but what exactly are PDD’s, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders? And, what is it when it is Not Otherwise Specified PDD-NOS?
Pervasive Development Disorders actually refer to the group of disorders characterized by delays in socialization and communication.The …read more