Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD)

Pervasive development disorder (PDD) displays delay in development of some basic functions such as socialization and communication.

The most common pervasive development disorder (PDD) is

• Autism
• Rett syndrome
• Childhood disintegrative disorder
• Asperger syndrome.
• Non specified pervasive development disorder (PDD-NOS).

Symptoms of pervasive development disorder (PDD)

Symptoms may include mainly communication problems.Inability or difficulty to using and understanding of language.Inability to relate people, objects and events.Lack of flexibility towards change in routines.Stereotypical and repeated body movements.

Types and degrees of pervasive development disorder (PDD).

Some children do not speak through out their life. Some others speak limited phrases or words. Some have relatively good language development. So symptoms and types will vary from individual to individual.
Other traits such as intelligence, memory skills also vary from child to child.Some children have some unusual memory skills. They can remember and understand some pattern of things. To understand these traits in autism kids is very important. By training these traits can be developed. Detection or diagnosis of pervasive diagnostic disorder (PDD) is very difficult. Usually even if you doubt your child to have any abnormalities most of the pediatricians will advice you to wait until the child develops.
There are limitations from the doctors side as well he can not simply label a child autistic just because of certain symptoms. Even he has to consider other things such as the attitude of parents towards an autistic kid.
There is no known cure for pervasive diagnostic disorder (PDD). Treatment is purely based on behavioral and social skill enhancement training.