Is it common for a child to have Autisim and Adhd ? Posted: 11-11-07 05:49am
Ihave a 9yr old boy who has Autisim and
ADHD he is on medication of Ritalin and
sleeping tablets, Have just found out that
he has got two holes in his ears and will
need hearing aids in both ears, Im a bit
worried he wont adapt to them very well.
Is it common for a child to have both
Autisim and ADHD at the same time. I also
have two other boys with speech &
lanague disorders age 5 and 11. The 5
yrold sometimes shows the same problems as
the one with Autisim, I dont know if he
copies him or if he has simualar symtoms.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 11-13-07 14:19pm
It is not uncommon for a child with autism
to have ADHD. attention span is an issue
with autism. I know several children with
autism that have a very short attention
span. for instance one child i know cant
sit still at anything for more than a
minute. You may have to slowly introduce
the hearing aides. just have him wear them
for short periods of time--start with 5
min and slowly work your way up to all day
and then all the time. it helps if you
have a timer that beeps.( this proceedure
is called shaping)
It is possible that your 5 year old is
"copying" children learn by immitation. It
may be just what he is doing.
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aura
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 33 Location: Belgium
We Are Being Bombarded Posted: 11-29-07 20:48pm
Let's consider the multitude of school
vaccinations, alone, containing highly
toxic mercury as a preservative and goes
right for the brain. Dental amalgams lose
50% of their mercury content throughout
one's life as a gas and goes from lungs
directly to the brain. And this is just
one element. After some combing my
findings are that children are not being
cared for any better than when these
issues were almost unknown, either on the
preventative or treatment level in the
public domain.
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