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It's interesting how ADHD and Autism tend to run in families. My husbands father definitely has aspergers, no question. My father is an extreme adhd. He sold cars for over 30 years and did well because he can't stay seated. If we went out to eat and there was even a 5 minute wait, he wanted to leave. That's pretty much one of my other sisters as well.

My father and sister sound similar in regards to high stimulation but I don't think they can even handle noise. I don't think it's a sensory thing for them. My father and sister have absolutely no theory of mind. None. Either that or they just don't show it. It does seem very different than others who are on the spectrum. I honestly don't think they are but then again, my dad has been obsessed with looking at real estate ads for over 20 years. He has stacks of those magazines in his house. My sister has been obsessed with horses since she was three, about 25 years now. She is now a horse trainer and lives, thinks, breathes horses. Maybe spectrum but I don't know. He is good at getting into peoples heads selling stuff. He use to be one of the top sales person because that is what he was good at. Can you do that and be on the spectrum? He lives for that stimulation. ADHD and autism definitely have something in common.

The neighbor girl with asperger's father is an "extreme" ADHD. If anyone needs a definition for the "h" he is it. When they all come over to our house (e.g., thanksgiving), my husband can handle so much until he loses it. I can actually handle it compared to him. They are in constant need of motion and love to be loud. He just can't do it while maintaining some kind of social reciprocity. He leaves. I don't blame him. That person is constantly running around, constantly. He is very loud it hurts my ears. the girl doesn't seem to mind.

I know several other families who have people with either one or both diagnosis. I honestly don't know one person who is on the spectrum who doesn't have a close family member with pretty severe ADHD. So, I am at the least a severe sensory anxiety ridden adhder and my husband has aspergers.

You combine us together - you have my wonderful, very intelligent and interesting kids LOL.

What do you think about these articles? It makes a sense.

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/genetici ... _to_autism


http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/aalink.html

Just interesting stuff

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Uh, yes. He's obsessed over it and focuses on the technology aspect of it, and an convince them with hard facts instead of BS/gestures and social tricks. It doesn't surprise me, look at the hardcore LEGO nerds who work at the LEGO stores, or the tech nerds who sell computers @ Best Buy, etc.

From your post, you seem to present similarly to many women here on WP who are diagnosed with AS.


There are many on the spectrum who enjoy weighted blankets. I think it's related to hyposensitivity to touch (which I don't have; I'm probably a bit more like your husband with the hypersensitivity to sound).


True, it doesn't matter, but you yourself don't seem particularly convinced. You're just wondering "a little"? You have some fairly significant autistic traits which are NOT characteristic of "plain" ADHD that are near perfectly explained by AS. Perhaps you should ask yourself why you think you don't have it? It can be a pretty jarring question to take head-on, really. I know it was for me.