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Why Do Many Children with Autism Develop ADHD-like Behaviour? A Developmental Perspective Santosh V. Kondekar Abstract Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are among the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and frequently coexist. Epidemiological studies consistently report that 30–70% of autistic children exhibit clinically significant ADHD symptoms, while many children with ADHD display autistic traits. Contemporary literature largely attributes this overlap to shared genetic susceptibility, common neurobiological pathways, and overlapping impairments in executive functioning. However, these explanations do not fully address an important clinical observation: many autistic children appear relatively calm during infancy but gradually develop increasing hyperactivity, impulsivity, oppositional behaviour, emotional dysregulation, and aggression over time. This article presents Dr. Kondekar's Developmental ...

Why Current Theories Do Not Completely Explain the Autism–ADHD Overlap: The Need for a Developmental Perspective dr Kondekar Santosh V Developmental pediatrician  Introduction The coexistence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become one of the most extensively studied topics in developmental neuroscience. During the past two decades, remarkable progress has been made in identifying shared genetic susceptibility, common neurobiological substrates, executive dysfunction, and overlapping behavioural phenotypes. These discoveries have fundamentally changed the understanding of both disorders, leading to the acceptance that autism and ADHD frequently coexist rather than representing mutually exclusive diagnoses. Despite these advances, an important clinical paradox remains unresolved. Contemporary theories successfully explain why autism and ADHD overlap biologically but provide relatively limited explanations for how ADHD-like beh...

Current Understanding of the Autism–ADHD Overlap: An Academic Review Introduction Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are the two most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. Once regarded as mutually exclusive conditions, advances in genetics, neuroimaging, developmental neuroscience, and longitudinal cohort studies have demonstrated that they frequently coexist. Since the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) in 2013, clinicians have been permitted to diagnose both disorders in the same individual, acknowledging their substantial clinical overlap. Current evidence indicates that approximately 30–70% of children with ASD meet diagnostic criteria for ADHD, whereas autistic traits are significantly more common in children with ADHD than in the general population. This overlap extends beyond behavioural similarities and includes shared genetic architecture, abnormalities ...