Asperger’s Criteria (DSM-IV)
Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:
1. marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal
behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial
expression, body postures, and gestures to
regulate social interaction
2. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to
developmental level
3. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment,
interests, or achievements with other people(e.g.,
by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out
objects of interest to other people)
4. lack of social or emotional reciprocity
(B)
Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:
sterotyped and restricted patterns of interest that
is abnormal either in intensity or focus
non-functional routines or rituals
(e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or
whole-body movements)
(C)
The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
(D)
There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years)
(E)
There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood.
(F)
Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Schizophrenia.
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