Other Conditions

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Comorbities

The CDC defines comorbidity as a situation where more than one disease/condition is present in a person at the same time. One example of this would be an autistic person who also has OCD. Some of the most common comorbidities with ASD include the following:

- epilepsy/seizures
- ADHD
- Feeding/eating challenges
- Obesity
- Anxiety
- Depression

Savant Syndrome

Also known as Savantism

This term refers to a rare condition in which individuals exhibit exceptional abilities in specific areas, despite having limitations in other areas of functioning. The most commonly recognized savant abilities involve domains such as memory, mathematics, music, art, or spatial skills.

How are Savant Syndrome and Autism Different?

Asperger's Syndrome

A term adjacent to autism that is no longer used; simply refers to a person who develops differently with communicating and interacting with others, and will have to seek accommodations or other methods to do so.

Pervasive Developmental Condtition

Pervasive developmental condition is a subtype of autism spectrum condition. However, PDD is diagnosed in individuals who meet some, but not all criteria of ASD. In short, people with PDD tend to display mild ASD symptoms. For this reason, PDD is often also termed atypical autism.

Hyperlexia

When a child learns to read very early for their chronological age. It can stem from a hyperfixation with letters and/or numbers.

Echolalia

Echolalia can cause an individual to repeat words, sentences, or phrases that others say; they may usually repeat what people who are familiar to them say (parents, teachers, friends, siblings, favorite movies/videos).

Autistic individuals may exhibit echolalia when they are growing to help them learn and communicate.

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