terminology

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Science.org Disorder or difference? Autism researchers face off over field’s terminology Rachel Zamzow Excerpt A long-smoldering debate among scientists studying autism has erupted. At issue is language—for example, whether researchers should describe autism as a “disorder,” “disability,”...

Just one of these things I have tumbling around in the back of my head for a while now, and I was curious about your opinion. One of the key characteristics of ME/CFS is that you are limited in what you can do, there is an "energy envelope" that is markedly smaller than pre-illness. You can...

Brain fog, and now post exertional malaise, terms that were until fairly recently only used to describe ME/CFS symptoms have been hijacked and become generic terms. Maybe we should learn from the Fibromyalgia community? They use fibro fog, there are many article on this (even the NHS recognise...

Yesterday, the WHO approved my February 2020 proposal for removal of "Benign" from "Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis" for ICD-11. See thread: Updates on status of ICD-11 and changes to other classification and terminology systems Post #443...

I was playing around with a medical dictionary to try and come up with an alternative for 'fatigue' which is more or less the common denominator in all ME/CFS diagnostic criteria. Note: I was not trying to invent a new name for the illness! Anyway, having come up with a couple I thought I'd...

Updates on status of ICD-11 and changes to other classification and terminology systems I've created this thread specifically for reporting on the status of ICD-11 and for updates on changes to other classification and terminology systems. An initial version of ICD-11 is scheduled for release...