while someone with ADHD has underlying difficulties with hyperacidity, attention, and problems with impulsivity. Asperger's and ADHD are both considered neurodevelopmental disorders, butADHD does not fall under the autism spectrum.
On the opposite spectrum, being in basic algebra the teacher would explain the same simple concept over and over, with rote problem practice was torturously hard to stay focused because the work was so simple. And that’s where we get to the part explaining why I think of myADHDas a sup...
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Top medical professionals and advocates in the field are the first to admit there's a lot more research needed to fully understand ADHD. In a way, the disorder is undergoing something of a paradigm shift not unlike the one that recategorized autism as a spectrum. "They're both going down...
Entry in the ADHD drugs market: welfare impact of generics and me-too’s. J Ind Econ. 2013;61(2):339–92. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Castanheira M, de Frutos MA, Ornaghi C, Siotis G. The unexpected consequences of asymmetric competition. An application to big pharma...
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ADHD, autism spectrumdisorder (ASD), dyspraxia, dyslexia, Tourette's syndrome and dyscalculia, the overlapping of these conditions can also lead to a difficulty securing a clear diagnosis. As a result of this, it's estimated that between 50% and 70% of people with autism also have ADHD. ...
ADHD, developmental dyspraxia, autism spectrum disorder, amblyopia) or a history of ocular ill health. Research has found that individuals born pre-maturely typically have elevated coherence thresholds on random-dot global motion tasks (Taylor, Jakobson, Maurer, & Lewis, 2009), therefore participants...
Converging evidence implicates disrupted brain connectivity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, the mechanisms linking altered connectivity early in development to the emergence of ASD symptomatology remain poorly understood. Here we examined whether atypicalities in the Salience Network – an early...
And finally, I’m on the spectrum. Have been my whole life. I also have ADHD, a form of albinism, an anxiety disorder, and most recently, diabetes. Yeah, that last one was only diagnosed a couple of months ago, and it sucks! To say the least, it was a shock for me and I miss...