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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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  • When I was a child, I went through a phase of wanting 'boy's toys', such as toy guns, swords, and khaki clothes. I also had my hair cut really short. I was very energetic as a child, and loved running around and action games. But I also had a 'girly' side, too, and moved on to have a makeup phase, and I would play with dolls. I think it is common for Autistic kids to have gender identity issues, perhaps to be androgynous, possibly because they don't identify with their peer group. I wonder whether this gender identity issue is more common with girls on the spectrum, or whether boys are equally affected? I wonder whether girls with ASD identify more with boys because they don't share the same interests as NT girls, and find social norms restrictive and illogical?

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  • When I was a child, I went through a phase of wanting 'boy's toys', such as toy guns, swords, and khaki clothes. I also had my hair cut really short. I was very energetic as a child, and loved running around and action games. But I also had a 'girly' side, too, and moved on to have a makeup phase, and I would play with dolls. I think it is common for Autistic kids to have gender identity issues, perhaps to be androgynous, possibly because they don't identify with their peer group. I wonder whether this gender identity issue is more common with girls on the spectrum, or whether boys are equally affected? I wonder whether girls with ASD identify more with boys because they don't share the same interests as NT girls, and find social norms restrictive and illogical?

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