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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 582687" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Given that you have a kid on the spectrum... here's a different take on the layers:</p><p></p><p>ADHD is often an early diagnosis.</p><p>Sometimes it's a stand-in for something else (Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie, Bi-polar, and who knows what else).</p><p>But even when the diagnosis is accurate, it's often not complete.</p><p></p><p>It "can" be a stand-alone diagnosis (I have a kid like that), but more often, there are other dxes on top of the ADHD.</p><p>Here are some examples - things that I have more experience with - but the list is not exhaustive:</p><p>1) half the kids with ADD/ADHD also have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) - developmental coordination disorder, a neuromotor challenge affecting fine or gross motor skills, or both.</p><p>2) don't know the %, but many kids with ADHD have one or more learning disabilities (dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalcula, etc.)</p><p>3) 70% of the kids with ADHD and a Learning Disability (LD)... also have some form of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). There's at least 5 forms, and some of them are easily missed, like auditory figure ground (ability to filter out background noise or focus on a particular sound like the teacher's voice) or auditory discrimination (ability to distinguish between similar sounds). These two APDs in particular do not show up before school age, and can't really be tested until about age 7.</p><p></p><p>If she has an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), her social and academic development may well be normal, but she may be under overload from trying to focus in the noisy world called "classroom".</p><p></p><p>Just something to think about... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) ended up being the absolute biggest single drain on difficult child's mental energy. For some kids Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) may "look like" the inattentive type of ADHD. Both can exist together... or the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) can be a stand-alone diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 582687, member: 11791"] Given that you have a kid on the spectrum... here's a different take on the layers: ADHD is often an early diagnosis. Sometimes it's a stand-in for something else (Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie, Bi-polar, and who knows what else). But even when the diagnosis is accurate, it's often not complete. It "can" be a stand-alone diagnosis (I have a kid like that), but more often, there are other dxes on top of the ADHD. Here are some examples - things that I have more experience with - but the list is not exhaustive: 1) half the kids with ADD/ADHD also have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) - developmental coordination disorder, a neuromotor challenge affecting fine or gross motor skills, or both. 2) don't know the %, but many kids with ADHD have one or more learning disabilities (dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalcula, etc.) 3) 70% of the kids with ADHD and a Learning Disability (LD)... also have some form of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). There's at least 5 forms, and some of them are easily missed, like auditory figure ground (ability to filter out background noise or focus on a particular sound like the teacher's voice) or auditory discrimination (ability to distinguish between similar sounds). These two APDs in particular do not show up before school age, and can't really be tested until about age 7. If she has an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), her social and academic development may well be normal, but she may be under overload from trying to focus in the noisy world called "classroom". Just something to think about... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) ended up being the absolute biggest single drain on difficult child's mental energy. For some kids Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) may "look like" the inattentive type of ADHD. Both can exist together... or the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) can be a stand-alone diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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