Well, the idea I was kinda running with here is that Benjamin might become close enough of a friend that Ami will learn about how much he struggled in the past (he gets help from Washu in the now), and has her interest piqued once she learns about how ADHD and ASD have such a high comorbidity rate even though they effect different parts of the brain.
Of course, this kinda hinges on how we interpret Ami's character. Is she striving to become as good as she is because she wishes to be the best doctor? Or is she striving so hard because she is insatiably curious? Of course, these aspects would not be mutually exclusive, just that one of them (or something else) is going to be a bigger source of motivation than the other.
The changes to the DSM didn't really surprise me much either. Just that it took them this long to make that dual-diagnosis official. That could have helped me and my family a lot had it happened mid-90's. I was so very Aspie that the signs were blatantly obvious that a doctor might only spend about fifteen minutes with me before coming to a conclusion. Trouble is that I was also so very much ADHD that I guess given the choice (as I mentioned, they were only allowed to diagnose a person as having one and only one, and never the other - kinda like an XOR gate), most doctors felt the ADHD outweighed the Aspie and went with that.
Of course, this kinda hinges on how we interpret Ami's character. Is she striving to become as good as she is because she wishes to be the best doctor? Or is she striving so hard because she is insatiably curious? Of course, these aspects would not be mutually exclusive, just that one of them (or something else) is going to be a bigger source of motivation than the other.
The changes to the DSM didn't really surprise me much either. Just that it took them this long to make that dual-diagnosis official. That could have helped me and my family a lot had it happened mid-90's. I was so very Aspie that the signs were blatantly obvious that a doctor might only spend about fifteen minutes with me before coming to a conclusion. Trouble is that I was also so very much ADHD that I guess given the choice (as I mentioned, they were only allowed to diagnose a person as having one and only one, and never the other - kinda like an XOR gate), most doctors felt the ADHD outweighed the Aspie and went with that.