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Autism, ADHD Often Occur Together, Research Shows

Almost 30 percent of young children with autism also show signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a rate that's three times higher than it is in the general population, a new study shows.

“We don't know the cause for ADHD in most cases. We don't know the cause of autism in most cases. It's not surprising that something that's going to affect the brain and cause one developmental outcome may also cause a second developmental outcome,” said Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center in Lake Success, N.Y. He was not involved in the study.

Kids in the study who had both problems together also tended to have more difficulty learning and socializing than children who had autism alone.

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How to tell if your toddler has autism

NEW YORK  A few columns ago, while attempting to explain why toddlers do crazy things, I mentioned that my 21-month-old son likes to line up his toy cars over and over and over again.

A reader highlighted this habit in the comments section and asked whether I'd had my son screened for autism.

Her implication, I think, was that I should be concerned — repetitive behaviours can be early signs of the developmental disorder, and autism symptoms usually appear before kids turn two.

Reading her comment, I realized that I had a lot to learn about autism.

Sure, we hear about the disorder all the time in the media, but much of what we're told is either highly controversial or hogwash, like the idea the U.S. is in the throes of an autism epidemic (we probably aren't) or the notion that vaccines cause autism (they don't).

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