Interestingly my experience is a mix of your and the parent comment. I'm born towards the end of the year, and where I'm from (Afroeurasia) there isn't a stric

Interestingly my experience is a mix of your and the parent comment. I'm born towards the end of the year, and where I'm from (Afroeurasia) there isn't a strict year based cutoff. So I had Jan-born peers almost 2 years older, and folks a year younger. Fortunately I was always fairly bright despite probably spending a solid 30% of my time daydreaming. I could catch up quickly... until it started getting harder in high school. Uni and grad school hit me, and I finally got dx'ed some time back (still in grad school). I think I have been lucky that in school, most teachers were fairly nice intelligent people, and I was always the good, quiet kid who'd ask good questions (because I'm interested in everything). Having a good structure at home also majorly helped. But in retrospect? Anybody spending hours every day daydreaming... yeah, screen them for ADHD, that was kinda obvious.