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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
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The Clinical and Educational Systems

Differences and Similarities

Karen Bowen Dahle

University of Alabama at Birmingham, kbdahle{at}uab.edu

TWo systems are currently used in the United States to diagnose and classify school-age children With autism for special education services. These are the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—Fourth Edition—Text Revision ( DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and the 1997 amendments to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. This article revieWs the DSM-IV-TR and compares and contrasts the diagnostic criteria With the educational requirements. Problems With using a dual classification system are highlighted.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 18, No. 4, 238-247 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/10883576030180040501
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