Re: Asperger vs ADHD, what's the biggest difference?

[Anonymous]

I think it’s possible for a person can have a number of autistic traits, but not enough to be described as having Aspergers. They used to think there was an Autistic Spectrum, with Asperger’s being the mildest form and going on til you get the folks who are severely impaired. However, they’ve found now that parents with an Asperger’s child have more autistic traits that so called “normal” people even though they don’t have enough to have Asperger’s themselves. So I think the Autism Spectrum now starts at Normal (with no autistic traits) and goes on a ways til you come to Asperger’s and on. The fewer autistic traits a person has, the more normal they seem. I read a study that was done on college students, and students at MIT have far more autistic traits than students at other colleges and universities. Interesting.

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