I’ve seen it referenced on TikTok but I’m curious about the evidence. It seems pretty plausible. The same gene is involved apparently. There’s very high “comorbidity.” Even in non “AuDHDers” many of the symptoms of one (that an individual “doesn’t have”) are present. Autists can be very different from eachother and it seems like they may sometimes have more in common with some ADHDers than eachother. Dividing things into specific labels like this is kinda lib and undialectical anyway. People already realizing Aspergers and other things were just autism. “Pathological Defiant Disorder” (allegedly) seems to basically just be a common presentation of AuDHD. There’s also the monotropism theory that both tend to be high in.
This is just my uneducated opinion on something I’ve been fixated on and pondering for a little while. I’m curious if anyone has any serious evidence or more interesting thoughts. There’s probably also connections to other neurodivergences.
Totally reasonable, but I imagine an inattentive-only adhder wouldn’t feel they have much in common with someone who is only hyperactive. Or “high iq” hyperverbal autistic vs intellectually disabled and non-verbal. Generally, labels are stupid and include people who don’t have much in common, but also divide people who do have things in common. You can’t assume anything but people have experiences in common and language helps. I don’t know if I’m getting anywhere, my logic gets jumbled because truth isn’t objective but I want it to be.
There’s so many differences in genome, phenotype and what comes out of the epigenetic wash that labels are only sort of helpful to a point.
Instead of getting rid of Asperger’s they could have developed more (sub) categories for autism, which has its own advantages and disadvantages.
I would be surprised if the DSM combined them because as categories they’re still quite distinct and useful - below is a chart on the contribution of particular genetic sites to the likelihood of being diagnosed with ADHD or autism (and others)