What are the Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder?
ASD is characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, along with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period and cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. The DSM-5 also requires that these disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability or global developmental delay.
