Originally Posted by eco21268
You are allowed to think it's unfair to contemplate "one more thing!" Of course you wouldn't want life to be more difficult for your DD. I do think the ASD framework changes how you approach some challenges. That's the helpful piece to me, not the label per se, but how you think about the nature of it all and intervene supportively.


I agree with this completely. I'll also point out that technically, it's not "one more thing," but "one different thing." Your daughter's ADHD diagnosis would end up being an "included condition" of ASD, so she'd have the same length list, but with better understanding for you of what it all means.