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learning disability when a student does not "live up to hi/her potential"
(http://www.pediatricneurology.com/newpage 11.htm).
Other co-morbid disorders associated with ADD/ADHD are Disruptive
Behavioral Disorders. These disorders account for fifty percent of children who are
diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. Disruptive Behavioral Disorder includes behaviors such as
lying, cursing, stealing, blaming others for their mistakes as well as being easily angered
or annoyed. As stated before, this disorder is a result of the executive dysfunction an
ADD/ADHD child experiences. Other Disruptive Behavioral Disorders include,
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) where children are unwilling to conform, Conduct
Disorder where children are "hostile and law breaking with a lack of remorse, " and
Antisocial Personality Disorder (http://www.pediatricneurology.com/newpage 11.htm).
In addition, Anxiety Disorder is another co-morbid disorder that affects some
children with ADD/ADHD. This disorder occurs in thirty percent of children with
ADD/ADHD. These children experience stress from many situations. They may appear
tense, edgy and may even be sleepless. Some children experience panic attacks when the
stressor becomes too overwhelming.
Similarly, one third of ADD/ADHD patients have Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD). These children experience obsessive thoughts and behaviors. In many
instances, these thoughts and behaviors can control their daily actions. However, in some
instances children with OCD have been able to overcome the disorganization they
experience from ADD/ADHD (http://www.pediatricneurology.com/newpage 11.htm).
Another co-morbid disorder that often clusters with ADD/ADHD is Asperger's
Syndrome. Children who have Asperger's Syndrome show symptoms including
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