Our Long Lost Brother?
Welcome back to the Audacious Aspie! Today, we will be talkin about something that I’ve been thinking about for some time now, but never got the chance to actually look into: is ADHD autism/aspergers long lost brother? (the one in the movies where a secret government organization kidnaps him, and they’re reunited in the end to fight the bad guy?). A strange question, perhaps, but I have a friend who is ADHD, and noticed some similarities between us. Am I crazy? Certainly, I mean maybe, but let’s find out eh?
Please welcome our first guest: Understood, for learning and attention issues! The article in particular from this website concerns itself with the very question concerning this post. Right off the bat, the article claims that both ADHD and autism are related in many ways, but ADHD is not on the autism spectrum (kinda like even after the brother escapes, the later brother will never truly accept the former, because manufactured tensions). What's more, having the one, the article claims, increases the chance of the other. Think of it like a buy-one-get-one free deal, except the store manager is cheap and gives you only the one sometimes.
Managers like this guy. Sure, he could give the extra item regarding the deal, but he could also stiff you and save money to buy that sweet new suit he’s been eyeing, so...
Experts were like politicians on the topic in earlier years, flip-flopping on the issue for a while until, just recently (the article claims 2013 edition of the DSM-1V) they came to a decision that you can have both. But just how can ADHD and autism/aspergers live side by side and not fall into a long, brutal civil war over who gets to control the brain and earn more misunderstanding from wider society as a whole? The article has an answer to that.
Both cause the wielder (to put a cool spin on what is otherwise seen as a negative thing. Or in the articles case, kids) to have problems with paying attention. The wielder with autism/aspergers might have language problems which, as the article claims, can seem like the wielder “isn't attention to directions” (Paragraph 3). It also mentions that wielders with ADHD can have problems with social interactions because, will, It’s ADHD.
Will, that has been this weeks post. Next week we will continue this, but first, I would like to start a new segment in the blog, something that I feel I have not been doing often enough recently: blabbing on about a topic that I know a lot about for post after post, week after week. Part of my training for a position as a political pundit er, I mean, “expert”. Except this time, I will still be doing my research. Until next time, this continues to be, the Audacious Aspie.
Once I have built my book shelves I’ve been dreaming about and downloaded all this stuff about whatever conspiracy I wanna push, I’ll be able to scream incoherently with the best of them.
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