On February 10, 2010, the American Psychiatric Association proposed changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) which would include replacing “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” and would fold Asperger’s Syndrome into the category of “autism spectrum disorders.”  These changes, if accepted, will appear in the DSM-V in May 2013.

The American Psychiatric Association will be accepting public comment on the proposed changes until April 20th online.

Read more about these changes here.