“There’s a ton of overlap,” Schutte said, and that is why it has often been hard to recognize that there is more than autism happening. Some of the anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder or ADHD symptoms can be seen in autism, but it’s the degree of the symptoms and how much of a disturbance the symptoms are causing in daily lives, she said. “It’s beyond what we see in autism,” she said.

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