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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 430119" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>There's an "unofficial" theory that's been flying around for years, but which kind of makes sense...</p><p> </p><p>Given that:</p><p>1) ADHD tends to run in families, and</p><p>2) ADHD people tend to do really different things with their lives... inventors, explorers, etc.</p><p>It is possible that the great expansion of population into the "new world" drained much of the ADHD gene pool out of Europe - and dumpted it on "us" (CA, US, AUS, NZ, etc.)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As far as ADHD and the autism spectrum... one expert here told me that there are a whole range of disorders which researchers now believe have some relationship to each other... that is, anything that would be labeled "developmental". That includes Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), ADHD, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), and probably a host of other things. Most of them get somewhat better with time and intervention (therefore the "developmental" classification). Its an interesting theory, but in real life - we need a finer granularity of diagnosis so we know what kinds of things might help...!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 430119, member: 11791"] There's an "unofficial" theory that's been flying around for years, but which kind of makes sense... Given that: 1) ADHD tends to run in families, and 2) ADHD people tend to do really different things with their lives... inventors, explorers, etc. It is possible that the great expansion of population into the "new world" drained much of the ADHD gene pool out of Europe - and dumpted it on "us" (CA, US, AUS, NZ, etc.) As far as ADHD and the autism spectrum... one expert here told me that there are a whole range of disorders which researchers now believe have some relationship to each other... that is, anything that would be labeled "developmental". That includes Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), ADHD, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), and probably a host of other things. Most of them get somewhat better with time and intervention (therefore the "developmental" classification). Its an interesting theory, but in real life - we need a finer granularity of diagnosis so we know what kinds of things might help...! [/QUOTE]
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