User:Anthonyhcole/Autism

Autism or autistic may refer to:

• autistic disorder (AD), a psychiatric syndrome featuring restricted and repetitive behavior, and impaired communication and social interaction
• one or more of the autism spectrum disorders, a class of psychiatric syndromes including AD, Asperger's syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified; with some authors including childhood disintegrative disorder and/or high functioning autism in the class