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George is a 9 year-old who loves exercising his creativity by playing guitar, and building model cities. He’s also been diagnosed with ADHD and Asperger’s Syndrome. ©Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. 2009 Neither Johnson & Johnson nor any of its operating companies (Johnson & Johnson) are responsible for third-party materials appearing on the Johnson & Johnson Health Channel, including but not limited to linked third-party videos, linked third-party sites, and third-party advertisements. J&J does not control or endorse this third-party content and makes no representations regarding its accuracy.
March 25th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
You are a very smart and caring 6th grader!
March 26th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I Have Adhd
April 5th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
he is just like his brother
April 5th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
i have adhd and i have a musical talent as my mom likes to say. people make fun of me for my high energy level and my loud voice but they dont understand that i cannot control what i was born with
April 8th, 2010 at 1:44 am
ADHD alone is actually on the autistic spectrum. ADD runs in my family both my parents have it and me and my brother has it.
April 8th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
i got adhd
April 11th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
@11pouncey11: Is there an article that ADHD is on the autistic spectrum? I am doing a paper on ADHD and a cited article would be great
April 11th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
@aeblanchette I’m not really sure. Perhaps there is some on line research you can do. I would suggest the CDC site, for a start.
Rob
jnjhealth
April 12th, 2010 at 7:09 am
@11pouncey11
I am not sure that is correct. There is some speculation to it… but in all the books I have read on ADHD and Asperger’s, there is nothing stating that as a fact. But… me and my son’s have ADHD, and my younger son is also sprinkled with Asperger’s. My side of the family has ADHD. My husband’s side has a few Aspergery types. So I think it was our combined gene pool. There are some similarities though -hyper-focus, sensory integration, hyperactivity, and visual thinking…
April 25th, 2010 at 8:52 am
It sounds like George is Hyperactive/Impulsive with a co-condition of Asberger and his Brother Brad has Predominantly Inattentive ADHD. The mom has ADHD but she does not mention if she is Predominantly Inattentive of more of Hyperactive/Impulsive. I have a very similar household without the Asberger’s component. These kids are so interesting and informative to me asI have a web page called primarilyinattentiveadd that explores some of the difference of the Inattentive subtype of ADHD. Tess
April 28th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
This is odd I have what he has and I’m good at music and visualizing cities and places and used to be really into video. I am really creative too…
April 28th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I can “feel the music too”
April 29th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
@tessmesser1 I am the mom in the video. I struggle with the attention piece of ADHD. I am the classic daydreamer variety. I have NO problem paying attention to my imagination however.
May 3rd, 2010 at 8:18 am
@ydrjtt That’s not odd… that is a gift
May 4th, 2010 at 8:48 am
both my boys have adhd. i myself also have it. we have come to see it as a gift. my boys love math, science, and football. getting them to sit down and read a book is a challenge but when you have kids with adhd, you come up with some interesting ways to get them to focus. in our home there is never a dull moment..lol
May 12th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I have ADHD too.Say that when i am in the car on the way to school I get hyper.
May 12th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
I have ADHD
May 12th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
i have adhd but not assburger.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
assburgers is almost like being autistic, like sometimes they cant talk right and they dont know it. and when they do something funny and people laugh… they keep going til its not funny anymore.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
cool!
May 14th, 2010 at 9:49 am
@M3nt4LkidzwifaC4M3R4 The correct spelling is “Asperger’s”
May 15th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
@M3nt4LkidzwifaC4M3R4 … Asperger’s is like a cousin of Autism… The spectrum is very broad. There are people who really suffer, and there are those who are extremely successful because of their narrow interests and ability to hyper-focuss… Like Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Beethoven, Alexander Graham Bell, John Denver, Bob Dylan, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Jim Henson, Alfred Hitchcock, Thomas Jefferson, Mozart, Charles Schulz, James Taylor, Andy Warhol and many more…
May 21st, 2010 at 10:11 pm
I have ADD, and I am not medicated. It’s not as bad as the media seem’s to like to project it. I personally think the whole disorder is a bit overblown by the doctors.