Which is "worse", major ADHD or minor Aspergers?

[Anonymous]

I don't think there is a "worse" but I will say, today, dealing with severe ADHD feels like a huge mountain to climb for my daughter and for me.

[Anonymous]

Sorry pp, hope things improve for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No such thing as "mild" Asperger's. If it's so mild it doesn't impact your life, you don't have it.

When people say mild asperger's...what does that look like? Is that just a shy kid who has trouble making friends?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No such thing as "mild" Asperger's. If it's so mild it doesn't impact your life, you don't have it.

When people say mild asperger's...what does that look like? Is that just a shy kid who has trouble making friends?

I have no idea what qualifies as "mild" Asperger's. I'm the poster whose developmental pediatrician characterizes DS as "classic" Asperger's. I've never heard any professional use that term. My guess is that people mean the person is "mildly" afflicted with autism and is at the higher functioning range (which is what Asperger's is).

[Anonymous]

I, for one, hate hearing AS described as "the mild form of Autism" in the press. Such a blanket statement. For my DC, it's been anything but mild.