Asperger's and Hypermobility Syndrome

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I am curious if there is a correlation between Asperger's and HMS, or if I am just unlucky enough to have them both. Do you think HMS could be related to Asperger's (i.e., maybe they are caused by similar gene mutations)?

Answer based on your Beighton Score for determining hypermobility and major and minor criteria

Beighton Score:

·One point if while standing forward bending you can place palms on the ground with legs straight

·One point for each knee that bends backwards

·One point for each elbow that bends backwards

·One point for each little finger that bends backwards beyond 90 degrees.

·One point for each thumb that touches the forearm when bent backwards

Note: For these criteria below, you do NOT have to exhibit all of them -- two or more is enough.

Major Criteria:

A Beighton score of 4/9 or greater (either currently or historically)
Arthralgia for longer than 3 months in 4 or more joints

Minor Criteria:

A Beighton score of 1, 2 or 3/9 (0, 1, 2 or 3 if aged 50+)
Arthralgia (> 3 months) in one to three joints or back pain (> 3 months), spondylosis, spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis.
Dislocation/subluxation in more than one joint, or in one joint on more than one occasion.
Soft tissue rheumatism. > 3 lesions (e.g. epicondylitis, tenosynovitis, bursitis).
Marfanoid habitus (tall, slim, span/height ratio >1.03, upper: lower segment ratio less than 0.89, arachnodactily [positive Steinberg/wrist signs].
Abnormal skin: striae, hyperextensibility, thin skin, papyraceous scarring.
Eye signs: drooping eyelids or myopia or antimongoloid slant.
Varicose veins or hernia or uterine/rectal prolapse.

I have suspected some mild hypermobility in my family, but nothing really severe. For instance there are times when I will reach for something on a high shelf and suffer from a painful pinched nerve that requires PT or a chiropractic adjustment for relief. I have tried using the chin-up bar in a play ground, and thrown my back out for weeks. Or I will try a yoga position and end up in severe pain from an overextended joint, and so on. I don't meet any Beighton Score criteria, but what I may have is probably very mild. My daughter suffers from frequent hip dysplasia, and has suffered other injuries from mild exertion, so she may have it to some degree as well.

Nothing personally, but I know a guy with Asperger's who I think said he had hypermobility.

A quick google search turned up this, but I didn't see anything published (but I didn't look either).

I know multiple people with an ASD and EDS but I have no hypermobility issues.

I don't have any of these hypermobility features.