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The 42 pages that link to Autism spectrum disorder, each with the reason it gives.

• Obsessive–compulsive disorderCompared with: Repetitive behaviors can occur in autism, but their function and clinical context differ from OCD compulsions.

• Intellectual disabilityCompared with: It may co-occur with intellectual disability, but does not by itself imply it.

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorderCompared with: It can co-occur with ADHD, but its defining social-communication and behavioral features differ.

• Developmental disabilityCompared with: Autism can qualify as a developmental disability under some systems, but the terms are not interchangeable.

• Eugen BleulerCompared with: Its modern meaning differs sharply from Bleuler’s historical use of “autism.”

• Developmental coordination disorderCompared with: Motor difficulties may accompany autism, but they require separate assessment.

• Selective mutismCompared with: Social communication differences may affect speech, but autism is not defined by setting-specific silence.

• Fragile X syndromeCompared with: Autistic features can occur in Fragile X, but the conditions are not interchangeable.

• HaphephobiaCompared with: Sensory discomfort with touch may occur in autism without constituting a phobia.

• Obsessive–compulsive personality disorderCompared with: Routines and rigidity can overlap, but autism has distinct developmental and diagnostic features.

• Schizoid personality disorderCompared with: Social differences can resemble schizoid traits, but autism has a developmental basis and distinct diagnostic criteria.

• Sotos syndromeCompared with: Autistic traits may occur in Sotos syndrome, but autism is a distinct diagnosis with separate criteria.

• Specific language impairmentCompared with: Autism can include language difficulties, but its broader defining features distinguish it.

• Williams syndromeCompared with: Social approach in Williams syndrome can differ from autism, though anxiety and social difficulties may occur in both.

• Schizotypal personality disorderCompared with: Overlapping social differences can complicate assessment, while developmental history and other features distinguish the conditions.

• Bruno BettelheimCompared with: Current understanding treats autism as neurodevelopmental, not as a response to maternal coldness.

• Reactive attachment disorderCompared with: Social withdrawal may resemble autism, but the disorders have different defining features and causes.

• 22q13 deletion syndromeCompared with: Autistic traits may occur alongside 22q13 deletion, but autism is a separate diagnostic framework.

• ArithmomaniaCompared with: Repetitive routines can include counting, but their function and clinical context may differ.

• Landau–Kleffner syndromeCompared with: Language and social changes can resemble autism, but this syndrome involves acquired regression and epileptiform EEG activity.

• Nonverbal learning disorderCompared with: Social-perceptual difficulties overlap, but autism diagnosis requires features beyond the proposed profile.