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the category was replaced in DSM-5 and ICD-11 by autism spectrum disorder, and the term persists in older records and some national classifications.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the pervasive developmental disorder category and its history, relay how it maps to current autism spectrum diagnoses from official classifications, describe related national concepts with attribution, and route personal diagnostic questions to clinicians.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Superseded category","Umbrella for autism-related diagnoses","Persists in records","National variants"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"The category.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and members.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What was the pervasive developmental disorder category, and which diagnoses did it include?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the historical category or current autism spectrum diagnosis?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"mapping","name":"Mapping","description":"Mapping to current diagnoses.","findings":[{"id":"mapping-finding","name":"Mapping","description":"Mapping.","questions":[{"text":"How do the old diagnoses map to DSM-5 and ICD-11 categories, per official crosswalks?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits autism spectrum disorder?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History of the category.","layers":[{"id":"development","name":"Development","description":"Development.","findings":[{"id":"development-finding","name":"Development","description":"Development.","questions":[{"text":"How did the category develop from Kanner and Asperger to DSM-IV, and why was it replaced?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"national","name":"National","description":"National concepts.","findings":[{"id":"national-finding","name":"National","description":"National.","questions":[{"text":"What are the French concepts of psychotic disharmony and multiple complex developmental disorder, and how are they debated, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"practice","name":"Practice","description":"Records and services.","layers":[{"id":"records","name":"Records","description":"Older records.","findings":[{"id":"records-finding","name":"Records","description":"Records.","questions":[{"text":"How should older diagnoses in records be interpreted for services and eligibility?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the user asking about their own or a child diagnosis, which needs a clinician?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"support","name":"Support","description":"Support.","findings":[{"id":"support-finding","name":"Support","description":"Support.","questions":[{"text":"What support and services exist for autistic people, in general terms?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits autism services?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Perspectives.","layers":[{"id":"neurodiversity","name":"Neurodiversity","description":"Neurodiversity.","findings":[{"id":"neurodiversity-finding","name":"Neurodiversity","description":"Neurodiversity.","questions":[{"text":"How do neurodiversity perspectives view diagnostic categories, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"research","name":"Research","description":"Research.","findings":[{"id":"research-finding","name":"Research","description":"Research.","questions":[{"text":"What research informed the move to a spectrum model?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits autism research?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain the history of the category and how it was replaced by autism spectrum disorder.","Note which diagnostic manual and edition a term comes from."],"mustNot":["Diagnose a person or suggest a diagnosis from behaviour described online.","Present the old subcategories as current diagnoses without noting the change.","Promote unproven cures or harmful treatments for autism.","Describe autistic people in demeaning or pathologising terms beyond clinical need."],"requiresHuman":["Using historical diagnoses in decisions about a person's care, schooling or benefits."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Diagnostic labels decide access to support and can carry stigma.","Autistic people have been harmed by treatments aimed at normalising them."],"affectedParties":["Autistic people","People with Rett syndrome and their families","Families and carers"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the category; the bodies that publish the diagnostic manuals defined and retired it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q3087172","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"developmental disorder","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"autism spectrum disorder","type":"related","note":"in DSM-5 and ICD-11"},{"target":"DSM-IV","type":"related","note":"and ICD-10"},{"target":"intellectual disability","type":"related","note":"a separate category"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.pervasive-developmental-disorder","Wikidata: Q6691991 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6691991)","ICD-10: F84 pervasive developmental disorders","DSM-IV: 299"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Former DSM-IV and ICD-10 category","Autistic disorder, Asperger, Rett, CDD and PDD-NOS","Autism spectrum disorder is the current category; intellectual disability is separate","Not a visible object; 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