Partially to blame for the lack of research, concerning the overlap and possibility of co-morbidity, is the non-specificity of the symptoms of both disorders ( Gargaro et al., 2011). However, there is now an awareness that some of the additional behaviors found in individuals with autism are neurological features of ADHD ( Gargaro et al., 2011). ADHD has been known to interact with other frontostriatal disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder, but although autism is a frontostriatal disorder it is not considered to share co-morbidity with ADHD ( Gargaro et al.,
Partially to blame for the lack of research, concerning the overlap and possibility of co-morbidity, is the non-specificity of the symptoms of both disorders ( Gargaro et al., 2011). However, there is now an awareness that some of the additional behaviors found in individuals with autism are neurological features of ADHD ( Gargaro et al., 2011). ADHD has been known to interact with other frontostriatal disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder, but although autism is a frontostriatal disorder it is not considered to share co-morbidity with ADHD ( Gargaro et al.,