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"Until 2013, autism and ADHD couldn’t be diagnosed in the same person. Today, researchers have found that there is a 50 to 70 per cent crossover between these neurodevelopmental conditions, which is increasingly being referred to as AuDHD."
#LeanneMaskell, 2024
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"Imagine having a brain that is at constant war with itself. Desperate to fit in, yet determined to escape social situations. Obsessively creating complex structures for stability, but just as predictably smashing them all up. Chronically overwhelmed, yet unable to say no.
That’s the reality of living with both ADHD and autism."
#LeanneMaskell, 2024
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"I’ve lost count of how many people have stopped talking to me for reasons I’ll never know. Group settings are even worse, as competing demands overwhelm me to the point where I often hide in the bathroom, my brain ready to explode."
#LeanneMaskell, 2024
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Me too!
"Our society is increasingly stigmatising neurodivergence [diagnosis], associating it with people seeking disability benefits and using it as a justification for poor behaviour. However, the reality is that these labels enable people to take responsibility for themselves, reclaim agency over their lives and contribute meaningfully to our society."
#LeanneMaskell, 2024
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I've lost count of the number of times that a friend I've just told about getting my AuDHD diagnosis says something like; 'everyone has ADHD these days'. I know it's just banter, and they mean no harm. But it's trivialising, and it hurts, and I'm already sick of hearing it.
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Then there's the friends whose kids are clearly neurodivergent, but who hesitate to seek a diagnosis for them, because they have an aversion to "labels". I'm glad my parents got me assessed for ADHD as a teenager, and I wish it had happened much earlier.
My nephew was diagnosed a few years into primary school. He now has an opportunity to understand himself better, find the others, and learn strategies for managing his life. Before he hits the chaos of adolescence and high school.
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@strypey interesting that the article was published in one of the newspapers leading the charge on precisely that kind of stigmatisation.
but then, right wingers thrive on hypocrisy
@thamesynne
> the article was published in one of the newspapers leading the charge on precisely that kind of stigmatisation
You could look at this at a cynical handwave at balance, that they can point to whenever anyone makes that criticism. But I still think it's a good piece, and it's good that it was put in front of Telegraph readers, who may otherwise never have have seen it.
@strypey not boosting the Torygraph, but quote is too relatable.