autistic spectrum disorder

English

Noun

autistic spectrum disorder (plural autistic spectrum disorders)

1. (medicine) Any disorder characterised by symptoms associated with autism.

Synonyms

• ASD (abbreviation)
• autism (generalization from the specific)
• autism spectrum disorder

Hyponyms

• Asperger's syndrome / Asperger's Syndrome / Asperger's (somewhat dated)
• autism (the specific form, not the generic synonym for ASD)

Derived terms

• ASD (abbreviation)

Related terms

• autistic spectrum

Translations

disorder

• French: trouble du spectre autistique m, trouble du spectre de l’autisme m

See also

• disability
• handicap
• mutism
• perpetual child
• pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)
• selective mutism
• special education