They Arent The Same Thing - Tumblr Posts

People need to take the word "comorbid" out of their mouths until they learn what it means.

All it means is that two or more conditions are present at the same time.

And now I see people taking things like "Autism and ADHD can be comorbid" to being "ADHD is basically autism-lite" and finally "Autism and ADHD are basically the same thing"

and

NO ITS NOT. That's not how this shit works. Disorders aren't just a pick and chose of quirky traits that make you So Weird and Unrelatable.

Autism and ADHD are NOT THE SAME THING. I have both and while there is SOME overlap, its not to the extent that these disorders are not distinguishable from the other.