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My 12 yr old son is a high functioning autistic since birth. He was recently dignosed, I believe wrongly, as being bipolar, even though his internal mood has never changed and he has never been optomistic, expansive, or "manic." After 8-10 months of completely ineffective treatment with antipsychotics and mood stabilizers, I happened upon the information that manic episodes are rarely, if ever seen in autistics! Is this true??? Could my son actually have the very frequently seen ADHD and major depression as comorbid diagnoses, rather than the unheard of bipolar diagnoses??? Perhaps those of us with autism should be more hesitant to be treated by any professional whose specialty is NOT autism! northernnurse@hotmail.com

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There should really be a lot more information on the medical bits. Also, regarding the mention of ADHD, it should be noted that its diagnosis excludes other PDDs, although it is arguably related to the autism spectrum.

Contents 1 Obsessive-compulsive disorder 2 Schizophrenia deletion 2.1 heart desease 2.2 Ordering

[edit] Obsessive-compulsive disorder

"Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts. [...] Compulsive acts or rituals are stereotyped behaviours that are repeated again and again. They are not inherently enjoyable, nor do they result in the completion of inherently useful tasks."

I think we should add: in the case of OCD, compulsive acts are used to decrease the anxiety which the obsessions entail. Apokrif 19:42, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Schizophrenia deletion

One entry on the page stated baldly that

===Schizophrenia===

"There is a link between Asperger's and Schizophrenia. ^[1]

Now, I had a look at the source and it doesn't say that at all. And even if it did, it wouldn't really be up to scratch (imho) because it's FOAF-stuff on a message board.Garrick92 14:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] heart desease

I saw someware on the internat that ther is comorbid Congenital Heart Disease with autism.Can somobody source this?--Pixel ;-) 22:23, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ordering

I suggest that these headings should be organized by prevalence. This is fairly wide spread information, or should be. I'll do some research and do some edits unless someone has some alternative suggestions? Sethwoodworth 00:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)