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Susan Dickerson Mayes, Susan L. Calhoun, and Dana L. Crites' purpose to the article was to determine whether or not DSM IV Asperger's Disorder exists. She had researched cases leading back to the beginning of Asperger's Disorder and determining whether they truly classified as Asperger's or the closely related Autism Disorder. The study was to validate the term of Asperger's Disorder and to clearly evaluate whether there really was an Asperger's Disorder.
The procedure and diagnosis involved only children who were previously evaluate at a child diagnostic center and were given a psychological evaluation. The evaluation involved the parents and teachers of the children who completed questionnaires. Also, the children were observed and previous evaluations of the children were focused on. These children were diagnosed with autism, or Asperger's disorder by multiple clinicians. Some of the children who were evaluated by multiple clinics were diagnosed differently by either......

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