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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 568036" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I don't feel (in my very humble opinion <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) that this is quite accurate. I think there is a difference in the social problems that ADHD children and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) children have. Both conditions, I quite agree, involve social difficulties. My son, for example, knows how to interact with peers appropriately and for some of the time does so - in other words, he can engage other children in conversation, listen and show interest in them, share jokes and humour, engage in fantasy/imaginative play with them, etc. What gets him into trouble, however, is his hyperactivity and hyper energy which other children can find difficult and also, I think, a certain bossyness and desire to show off, etc. </p><p>Your description of the little boy who is diagnosed as ADHD made me think of another child who goes to J's play centre on Wednesdays. The staff tell me that he is also diagnosed ADHD but say, using these words, "he and J are like night and day". The other little boy keeps interrupting what he is doing and screaming and has poor language. He does not look at you directly in the eyes. I said to the staff that in my completely inexpert opinion that he sounded more autistic than ADHD but, if anything, they are even more inexpert than me and say they are just repeating what they have been told.</p><p>There is obviously overlap but they seem like two different, distinguishable territories.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 568036, member: 11227"] I don't feel (in my very humble opinion :)) that this is quite accurate. I think there is a difference in the social problems that ADHD children and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) children have. Both conditions, I quite agree, involve social difficulties. My son, for example, knows how to interact with peers appropriately and for some of the time does so - in other words, he can engage other children in conversation, listen and show interest in them, share jokes and humour, engage in fantasy/imaginative play with them, etc. What gets him into trouble, however, is his hyperactivity and hyper energy which other children can find difficult and also, I think, a certain bossyness and desire to show off, etc. Your description of the little boy who is diagnosed as ADHD made me think of another child who goes to J's play centre on Wednesdays. The staff tell me that he is also diagnosed ADHD but say, using these words, "he and J are like night and day". The other little boy keeps interrupting what he is doing and screaming and has poor language. He does not look at you directly in the eyes. I said to the staff that in my completely inexpert opinion that he sounded more autistic than ADHD but, if anything, they are even more inexpert than me and say they are just repeating what they have been told. There is obviously overlap but they seem like two different, distinguishable territories. [/QUOTE]
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