“He comes home from school and wants to shut himself away in his room.  He won’t talk, refuses to do his homework, and won’t even eat properly.  The school says he is fine, top of his class, so I don’t understand what is happening.” 

Autistic Spectrum Disorders can vary greatly, and children will need to be diagnosed by a medical professional. More confusing is if that child has two or more co-existing conditions such as ADHD and Autism. AuADHD is the abbreviation for an individual with both of these conditions.