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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 567702" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is treated with interventions, not just medication. 50% of all Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are on medication for other problems, such as accompanying ADHD. Aspergers is going to become part of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, but the interventions are similar for all kids on the spectrum.My son is very high functioning, but he has an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis...still he has higher goals than somebody with low functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We are seeing that he actually excels in certain jobs so he won't need to utilize adult supports that much. We are pleased that, as he gets into adulthood, he seems more and more like a typical person with more and more potential and his early behavior problems are gone. The interventions really helped him. medications did not. He has been medication free for years and years and does not seem to need medication.</p><p>ADHD and high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often interlap. Often, in my opinion. ADHD is given as a diagnosis. to make parents feel better, when it is really Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The common denominator is very poor social skills. The kids may be extremely friendly, but they really don't know how to interact with their peers appropriately, which causes them frustration and us heartache. </p><p>We have a little boy, in the daycare I work at, who is diagnosed with ADHD, but he is so unable to get along with other kids without hitting them (he thinks it's funny or he just gets mad) or making silly, screaming noises that everyone thinks he is actually Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Of course we don't know for sure, but if he has ADHD, he is going to have very similar issues to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids when he is older if he doesn't get interventions that are similar. He talks a lot, but he talks more AT kids than with them, and his pronounciation of words is poor. He can't sit still for a moment, which can happen with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The kids try to play with him, but he is so annoying that they end up leaving him and trying to get rid of him when he follows them. It's really very sad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 567702, member: 1550"] Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is treated with interventions, not just medication. 50% of all Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are on medication for other problems, such as accompanying ADHD. Aspergers is going to become part of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, but the interventions are similar for all kids on the spectrum.My son is very high functioning, but he has an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis...still he has higher goals than somebody with low functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We are seeing that he actually excels in certain jobs so he won't need to utilize adult supports that much. We are pleased that, as he gets into adulthood, he seems more and more like a typical person with more and more potential and his early behavior problems are gone. The interventions really helped him. medications did not. He has been medication free for years and years and does not seem to need medication. ADHD and high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often interlap. Often, in my opinion. ADHD is given as a diagnosis. to make parents feel better, when it is really Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The common denominator is very poor social skills. The kids may be extremely friendly, but they really don't know how to interact with their peers appropriately, which causes them frustration and us heartache. We have a little boy, in the daycare I work at, who is diagnosed with ADHD, but he is so unable to get along with other kids without hitting them (he thinks it's funny or he just gets mad) or making silly, screaming noises that everyone thinks he is actually Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Of course we don't know for sure, but if he has ADHD, he is going to have very similar issues to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids when he is older if he doesn't get interventions that are similar. He talks a lot, but he talks more AT kids than with them, and his pronounciation of words is poor. He can't sit still for a moment, which can happen with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The kids try to play with him, but he is so annoying that they end up leaving him and trying to get rid of him when he follows them. It's really very sad. [/QUOTE]
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