ADHD?

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I've always found it hard to believe that. Some of the people I know who have ADHD are some of the best people I know, NT, ADHD or otherwise, when it comes to expressing spontaneous empathy and interpersonal interaction skills and intuitions. Since the lacking of that's a...no...THE...main characteristic of an ASD, I really doubt that ADHD can be considered on the spectrum, but rather, is something SEPERATE from the spectrum which ANYONE, ASD or NT, can ALSO have.

Their poor social skills are for different reasons, though: People with ADHD are more likely to interrupt, lose interest in what other people are saying, just walk away in the middle of a conversation, or impulsively say something tactless (not because they can't figure out it's tactless). Their socio-emotional maturity tends to lag a few years behind their peers'. Problems with social skills are fairly common in all the disorders listed in the DSM-IV-TR because abnormal behavior tends to disrupt the smooth flow of socializing; with most of the disorders, though, knowing how to socialize itself is not part of the problem.

The stereotypical profile of a person with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, combined type (or hyperactive-impulsive type), is of a hypersocial NT with tons of friends and a zest to experiment with everything. They are polar opposites of the stereotypical person with Asperger's syndrome, the bookish, reclusive geek.

Here! I also have dyspraxia along with HFA and ADHD. I just haven't really told many people. For me, it has gotten better as I have gotten older, it was troublesome when I was younger in school. I was excluded from a lot of activities and teased. I think even the teachers I had were frustrated at how clumsy I was. I didn't learn to ride a bike until I was twelve, this infuriated my father and amused my sisters.
Dyspraxia is also known as developmental co-ordination disorder.

I was looking at a website that was trying to connect Autism, OCD, Aspergers and ADHD saying that basically they were all the same condition developed at different ages. I honestly didn't understand it - especially the way they tried putting OCD in BEFORE Aspergers on the developmental timeline. I have also thought that those with ADHD were kind of opposite AS because they tend to be very social. Also, I kind of wonder when you know there is AS if there are truly co-concurring conditions like OCD, depression or ADD or if that is under the umbrella of the ASD. I have been diagnosed with OCD but did not have success with the typical "cures" for OCD either by medication or exposure therapy. I think that is because my rigid thinking is based on rules and logic and not some "silly" ritual. Like I may wash my hands excessively to some, but I know there are "rules" like washing your hands before eating or preparing food so every time I make a snack or something I feel like I must wash my hands because that is a rule. I also dislike eating out because I know other people are very slack at the rules - so I don't think it is some kind of phobia or something - it is reality based.