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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 563633" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Sure, IC. However, I think I may take issue with you a little <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> While some people with ADHD may also have Asperger's (and I believe this is quite common), I think that ADHD and Asperger's present quite differently. Asperger's is clearly on the autism spectrum while ADHD debatably is, but in a way this is jostling words around...</p><p>Both ADHD and Asperger's people have social problems. But in ADHD (with hyperactivity), these will be due to impulsivity and hyperactivity - unable to wait turns, interrupting, difficulty sharing, over-bossy, probably over-physical - while people with Asperger's have quite other difficulties in social situations.</p><p>Does it matter? Well, just in terms of understanding and relating to what's going on, I think. I would actually prefer to say that J is hyperactive and impulsive since these are observably and undeniably true whereas the jury is out on whether he is ADHD or not since he seems to concentrate when he needs to, or at least enough to get by... and I don't think hyperactivity and impulsivity are really autistic traits, as such. I've watched J a fair bit with other kids - he's just a regular boy, like any other, relating to his peers like any other except... he has this need to climb, twirl, twist and touch. I don't think this has much to do with Asperger's, really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 563633, member: 11227"] Sure, IC. However, I think I may take issue with you a little :) While some people with ADHD may also have Asperger's (and I believe this is quite common), I think that ADHD and Asperger's present quite differently. Asperger's is clearly on the autism spectrum while ADHD debatably is, but in a way this is jostling words around... Both ADHD and Asperger's people have social problems. But in ADHD (with hyperactivity), these will be due to impulsivity and hyperactivity - unable to wait turns, interrupting, difficulty sharing, over-bossy, probably over-physical - while people with Asperger's have quite other difficulties in social situations. Does it matter? Well, just in terms of understanding and relating to what's going on, I think. I would actually prefer to say that J is hyperactive and impulsive since these are observably and undeniably true whereas the jury is out on whether he is ADHD or not since he seems to concentrate when he needs to, or at least enough to get by... and I don't think hyperactivity and impulsivity are really autistic traits, as such. I've watched J a fair bit with other kids - he's just a regular boy, like any other, relating to his peers like any other except... he has this need to climb, twirl, twist and touch. I don't think this has much to do with Asperger's, really. [/QUOTE]
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