autistic spectrum disorder

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autistic spectrum disorder (countable and uncountable, plural autistic spectrum disorders)

1. (medicine) Any disorder characterised by symptoms associated with autism.

• ASD (abbreviation)
• autism (generalization from the specific)
• autism spectrum disorder

• Asperger's syndrome / Asperger's Syndrome / Asperger's (somewhat dated)
• autism (the specific form, not the generic synonym for ASD)

• ASD (abbreviation)

• autistic spectrum

• disability
• handicap
• mutism
• perpetual child
• pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)
• selective mutism
• special education