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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
scizo, what i meant is that many people diagnosed with asperger's do not have actual chromosomal aspergers. but symptoms which mirror that. some are autistic, some are ADHD, some are just misdiagnosed. it happens a lot with asperger's because there is no set consensus as to what exactly constitues asperger's.
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asperger's falls onto the austism scale and ADHD does not. it is a specific diagnosis, but i do agree that it is misdiagnosed often because it manifests in behavior and because, and as you mentioned, many behaviors can look like asperger's . of importance- whether a child has asperger's or just something that looks like asperger's... the techniques to deal with them are the same. it's not a disorder that is generally treated with medication. i don't think there's anything wrong with using certain techniques that you know work to deal with certain behaviors... no matter how you want term it.
there is a set scale and it's more or less rated. as with any disease or disorder, it has to be diagnosed by someone extremely knowledgeable.