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BECAUSE THERE ARE CLUSTERS OF COMORBIDITIES.

You can have ADHD as a standalone.

But if you have ASD, it usually comes with anxiety, ADHD symptoms, sensory and coordination issues, OCD, etc. It's part of the autism profile.

Having said that, a lot of kids have ADHD and anxiety. A lot of kids have ADHD and dyslexia.

This is because there must be a number of genes that commonly induce those disorders, so if you inherit a particular common combo, you get a multi-whammy.

I have one child with ASD, ADHD, anxiety, OCD, sensory issues, and accompanying medical issues that frequently appear with autism (constipation, sleep problems, etc). 
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eh. just a few years ago the DSM said you can’t be diagnosed with ADHD and ASD. the DSM is not a manual of genetics or even underlying disease states. It’s a taxonomy of symptoms getting ever broader so more kids have more dx’s. It’s also more common now for kids to get “neuropsychs” that provide multiple diagnoses.

My kid has ASD dx and also recently got a dyspraxia diagnosis. The dyspraxia diagnosis actually is pretty helpful because he has pretty meaningful fine motor & coordination challenges. I’m sure we could probably also get anxiety, ADHD and maybe something like DMDD or ODD dx’s. But I don’t think there’s really any point to that. I will say that people tend to see autism as more totalizing and explanatory, even though he doesn’t really fit any sort of classical presentation and his main challenges are not core autism symptoms (unless you just call it all “rigidity.”)[/quote]

yes, same (I am op). 
i guess what i mean is because there is no 'aqua' in the dsm, we are forced to say that our child has blue, green and yellow. 
would be better if there was aqua. because my child may have elements of blue or green, but is not blue or green. 
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I do think there are synthesis disorders and that over time we will have more apt diagnostic options. Until then I focus on whether or not the services we can receive meet the needs of my child.[/quote]

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