My ASD Child

Question Could you tell me if some children with Asperger's also get diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder? Our daughter has always had mood issues but we can usually identify causes, such as sensory issues, anxiety or overstimulation. We have just had an IEE FBA done on my daughter at school. The school has not been implementing her BIP, and she has been running the show. She is in 7th grade. The school district is so out of compliance with IDEA 2004. None of the Teacher's or staff are trained. This behavior specialist wants us to go to a Psychiatrist to get a "clean diagnosis." We have had numerous testing done on her over the years. She was diagnosed at 4 years with ADHD, then at 5 with PDD-NOS. We took her to University of Texas Health Science Center and they diagnosed "High Functioning Autism" at 6 years. The doctor told us that it was essentially the same as Asperger's. Answer A diagnosis of both Aspergers and Bipolar is especial

"Is ADHD a result/symptom of Aspergers, or do the two disorders tend to coincide with one another?" People often wonder if these two disorders are opposite, independent, or correlated. At first blush, ADHD seems to be short attention span and inability to focus, and Aspergers (high functioning autism) the opposite problem. But then, descriptions of ADHD also mention ‘hyper-focus’. If they do turn out to be correlated or similar, then what are the differences between the two? Aspergers and ADHD share some similarities that can make diagnosis challenging. However, a close examination of their definitions reveals that the attention problems in Asperger are quite different from ADHD symptoms. The fact that a child can have both Aspergers and ADHD further adds to the confusion. Roughly 60-70 % of children with Aspergers have symptoms which are compatible with an ADHD diagnosis. Here are some of the similarities between ADHD and Aspergers: Attention problems Irrat