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- abbreviation Alternative form of
NOS .
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N.O.S. These are people who have difficulties with social interaction but do not share the most severe impairments of children with classic autism.
NYT > Home Page By AMY HARMON 2012
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N.O.S. After receiving play therapy, occupational therapy and 17 hours a week of behavioral therapy, the boy, who was once unresponsive to other children and engaged in self-destructive behavior, may enter a mainstream kindergarten class next year, his mother said.
NYT > Home Page By AMY HARMON 2012
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N.O.S. endure some of the same social struggles as those with autism but do not meet the definition for the full-blown version.
NYT > Home Page By BENEDICT CAREY 2012
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N.O.S. These are people who have difficulties with social interaction but do not share the most severe impairments of children with classic autism.
NYT > Home Page By AMY HARMON 2012
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N.O.S. The new definition would also require a person to exhibit three social interaction and communication deficits and a minimum of two repetitive behaviors; this is in contrast to the current requirement for exhibiting six or more of 12 behaviors to be diagnosed as autistic.
Forbes.com: News Bernard A. Krooks 2012
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N.O.S. After receiving play therapy, occupational therapy and 17 hours a week of behavioral therapy, the boy, who was once unresponsive to other children and engaged in self-destructive behavior, may enter a mainstream kindergarten class next year, his mother said.
NYT > Home Page By AMY HARMON 2012
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The Germanium 4 Big Muff Pi pedal features two independent circuits -- one Overdrive and one Distortion -- that can be used individually or in series, and the Overdrive and Distortion circuits use a pair of N.O.S. NKT275 Germanium transistors.
Gearwire - 2010
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Uses a pair of vintage N.O.S. NKT275 Germanium transistors
Gearwire - 2010
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If these experts have their way, Asperger's syndrome and another mild form of autism, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (P.D.D. - N.O.S. for short), will be folded into a single broad diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder - a category that encompasses autism's entire range, or spectrum, from high-functioning to profoundly disabling.
NYT > Home Page By CLAUDIA WALLIS 2009
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"A child can look like they have P.D.D. - N.O.S., then Asperger's, then back to autism," Dr. Lord said.
NYT > Home Page By CLAUDIA WALLIS 2009
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