Doctor: Why we're making changes to autism diagnosis

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Editor's note: In 1994, the American Psychiatric Association published the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-IV. The DSM is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States.

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It's a difficult and probably thankless task as there is a lot of funding that gets tied to a diagnosis and people with a diagnosis don't want to lose their funding and nor do the institutions that deal with the diagnosis (and end up getting most of that funding).
 
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