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Co-morbid Diagnoses

aspiemum

Hi

My 10 year old son has Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD and Hypermobility Syndrome (Elhers Danlos Syndrome 3?).  I know that Asperger's and co-morbid ADHD are very common but I thought my son's hypermobility was just an unlucky unrelated condition.  However a friend mentioned that it is also a very common condition amongst people with Asperger's.  I was wondering how many of you or your loved ones have these other conditions alongside Aspereger's. 

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  • Hi

    I am new to the forum. I stumbled on your posting looking for an explanation for my daughters difficulties. My oldest daughter has hypermobility but not autism.

    My younger daughter has autism. After asking her paeditrician to look at her physical problems he just dismissed them as autism related. When he finally examined her physically after seeing her for 6 years and doing nothing more than talking, he said she was hypermobile.

    However everything my youngest does is very slow and uncoordinated. I know from what my older daughter has been told that most hypermobiles are dyspraxic and tire easily because of the extra effort it takes to do simple tasks.

    Does this slowness seem like autism to anyone else?

     

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  • Hi

    I am new to the forum. I stumbled on your posting looking for an explanation for my daughters difficulties. My oldest daughter has hypermobility but not autism.

    My younger daughter has autism. After asking her paeditrician to look at her physical problems he just dismissed them as autism related. When he finally examined her physically after seeing her for 6 years and doing nothing more than talking, he said she was hypermobile.

    However everything my youngest does is very slow and uncoordinated. I know from what my older daughter has been told that most hypermobiles are dyspraxic and tire easily because of the extra effort it takes to do simple tasks.

    Does this slowness seem like autism to anyone else?

     

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