Table 2.
Clinician curated classification categories and examples
| Classification | Example lexicon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terms relating to an ASD diagnosis |
Autism, Autistic, PDD-NOS Pervasive development disorder ASD, Asperger, syndrome, phenotype |
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| Terms related to ASD diagnostic features found in DSM 4/5, such as social communication impairment, restrictive behaviors, etc. | Language | Toy | Stereotype | |
| Speech | Play | Repetitive | ||
| Verbal | Motor | Resist | ||
| Communicate | Attention | Deficit | ||
| Express | Gaze | Rigid | ||
| Social | Develop | Difficult | ||
| Interact | Self | Aggress | ||
| Behave | Preoccupation | Delay | ||
| Contact | Reciprocal | Obsess | ||
| Ritual | Impair | |||
| Routine | Inappropriate | |||
| Sustain | Poor | |||
| Ability | Inflexible | |||
| Terms for behaviors that could be related to or associated with ASD but not found in DSM 4/5 | Hand | Neuro | Facial | Toe |
| Head | Muscle | Eye | Body | |
| Face | Sleep | Arm | Finger | |
| Terms related to non-ASD psychological or neurological diagnoses |
Epilepsy, stress, emotional, seizures Suicide, anger, ADHD, anxiety Depress, fear, anxious, hyperactive |
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