ESSAY : Compare and contrast the DSM IV-TR (2000) and DSM-V (2013) criteria for ASD. What are the similarities and the differences?

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The comparison between the DSM-5 and the DSM-IV-TR criteria is based on different clinical samples. Past studies used such retrospective methods as record reviews in applying the DSM-V (2013) criteria to people with a thorough and well-outlined DSM-IV-TR diagnosis (Bennett & Goodall, 2016). To begin with, both the DSM-5 and the DSM-IV-TR (2000) criteria of ASD considers the condition as part of the diagnosis in terms of the symptoms comprising areas of nonverbal communication, resistance to change, social interactions, uncommon responses to sensory and repetitive…