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ODD vs Autism: Rigidity or Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

December 2, 2022 by jennifer 2 Comments

“The other day a parent mentioned to me that they were wondering if their child had Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) as well as Autism Spectrum Disorder (A.S.D.).

He said that the rigidity and lack of flexibility his child exhibited caused him to be concerned that perhaps it stemmed from his child also having O.D.D.

This comment reminded me of how easy it would be to see a child with A.S.D. as being oppositional.” – Mosswood Connections

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ODD vs Autism: Rigidity or Oppositional Defiant Disorder?

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Comments

  1. Sharlette Buxton says

    September 18, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    Maybe it’s PDA -pathological demand avoidance…..looks like ODD in many ways, but is part of the autism spectrum. See UK program ‘Born Naughty’ on YouTube.

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  2. Alex says

    March 4, 2017 at 9:29 pm

    I was diagnosed with ODD, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, and OCD in my adolescence, and GAD and ADHD in college. All misdiagnosed. I definitely gave my mom a lot of trouble, but she never knew why, and I didn’t know how to communicate that it was my sensory issues. But she recognized I did have sensory issues, and so she wouldn’t budge when everyone thought they knew how I should be parented (with tough love and a heavy hand). She hit me once when I was 2 or 3, and she never laid another finger on me again. My dad is a good guy but he was super dismissive of my problems until my late teens, so if my mom wasn’t there for me, I don’t know what I’d have done.

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