PDD

lizzy0483

Does any one know anything about pdd or nos. any help would be good. thanks.

skittles_123

It falls on the autism spectrum, on the very high tail end. It is when someone fits some of the criteria for autism, but not quite enough to get a full blown autism dx. Sometimes young children, before 3 or so, when it isn't readily apparent yet, what all the issues are, will get the PDD-NOS diagnosis. Sometimes it changes to an autism as the child gets older. That is the extent to what I know about it. We do have some fellow bumpies that have kiddos with PDD-NOS who may be able to provide more insight.

Glendi2.0

DD#2 has a dx of PDD-NOS, which she rec'd shortly before her 2nd birthday (she turned 3 this past September). Like the PP mentioned, she rec'd this dx because she met some (not all) of the criteria for an autism dx. Her "symptoms" also seemed too mild to warrant a full-blown autism dx. Like Auntie posted, it was clear that our daughter was demonstrating global developmental delays, and while autism didn't quite fit the bill, it seemed likely that the therapy protocols associated with an autism dx would benefit her greatly- hence the PDD-NOS dx. I call it our "golden ticket" because without that dx, we'd have been unable to get her the intensive services she's been getting for over a year now.

DD presents like a very quirky 3-year-old... she's easily distracted, doesn't always respond when talked to,  and has demonstrates a bit of rigidity in certain situations (though, having a typical almost-5-year-old, I know from experience that even the most typical kids can be rigid in certain situations!) Even with her dx, though, she is social, inquisitive, (usually) even-tempered and generally good-spirited.  She's kind of the perfect illustration of PDD-NOS... she sometimes shows the world pieces of her personality that seem autistic, but there's a lot there that's perfectly typical.

hope that helps.

Lion&Hokie

This is my son, who as Auntie eloquently said, is a close but no cigar dx. He exhibits many behaviors but not all that can get him classified into a cozy little box.