Co-morbidity?

I have just recieved my full assessment report from the person who gave me a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder and she has also sent me and email saying that due to my processing difficulties she would like me to fill in an ADHD questionnaire. On the report she said she was sending one to ‘rule it out’

Can ADHD and ASD co-exist? I always thought that if there was a diagnosis of ASD then any other difficulties were put under the umbrella of that,  and not a separate thing?

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  • I did an online test and got scored as having borderline autism. I did not know such a category existed. It did mention AHAD as a co-morbid thing.

    I  can see the test's point though. I have always been very absent-minded, especially if these days there is s change on certain ways of doing things or generally stressed. Keys, umbrellas, gloves, even whole bags. I got into npnend of trouble over forgetting things as a child. 

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  • I did an online test and got scored as having borderline autism. I did not know such a category existed. It did mention AHAD as a co-morbid thing.

    I  can see the test's point though. I have always been very absent-minded, especially if these days there is s change on certain ways of doing things or generally stressed. Keys, umbrellas, gloves, even whole bags. I got into npnend of trouble over forgetting things as a child. 

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