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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're two entirely different disorders.  ASD is a disorder of social communication and repetitive behaviors.  A good clinician will be able to administer the ADOS in such a way that elicits the difference between a child who CAN engage in expected social communication, but might appear inattentive or unable to focus on communication due to ADHD. and one who cannot (due to ASD).  They are really two different things, and if your doctor is saying he/she can't tell the difference, then you need a better doctor.  If you truly believe your child is borderline or has both, then select two respected teaching hospitals with expert clinics (say CHOP and KKI) and get two sets of testing done. [/quote]

This is not true.  ASD can be comorbid with ADHD and is it can be hard to tell if the attention deficits are driving the social communication behaviors or vice versa..  And lots of ADHD kids have stereotypies (aka repetitive tics) and kids with stereotypies  without autism often present with ADHD or OCD.  aJohns Hopkins has a whole research team working on non autistic stereotypies.  So for some kids it's not a clear cut case.  As my kid'a doctor says, it's a subjective behaviorial diagnostic, not a strep test.  [/quote]

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