What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD)?
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder is considered to be a rare pervasive developmental disorder. Children who are affected by Childhood Disintegrative Disorder develop normally up until approximately two years of age. Around two years of age, the child will inexplicably regress as well as lose skills that were previously acquired. A loss of skills may be evidence by issues with self-care as well as communication skills. What is Aspergers Syndrome? Aspergers Syndrome is another pervasive developmental disorder. Aspergers Syndrome differs from Autism in that the individual with Aspergers develops typically in childhood without any apparent cognitive or developmental delays (Stillman p8). Difficulty may be noted with the individuals ability to comprehend social cues, innuendos, and humor without explanation. To date, Autism and Aspergers Syndrome seem to be discussed frequently in the media. Incidentally, Aspergers syndrome was not even recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
