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Same with ADHD. People with ADHD often experience social friction because they may be perceived as rude or bad listeners. Plus of course there's significant ove

by hnbad 2y ago

Same with ADHD. People with ADHD often experience social friction because they may be perceived as rude or bad listeners. Plus of course there's significant overlap between people with ADHD and autistic people (as well as an overlap in symptoms). ADHD doesn't have to present as being fidgety and hyper either, inattentiveness (i.e. not being able to control your focus well) is another big aspect. If as a kid you kept hearing "you're so smart, if only you would apply yourself more" while already working yourself to exhaustion (especially if you have a high IQ and used that to compensate for "forgetfulness" or "procrastination"), that may have simply been inattentive type ADHD. I used to think I was very autistic until I underwent a thorough diagnostic process and learned that while I am indeed autistic, most of what I had been experiencing was actually crippling ADHD I was committing most of my mental capacity to compensate.

Suppafly 2y ago
>Plus of course there's significant overlap between people with ADHD and autistic people (as well as an overlap in symptoms). I'm honestly surprised more people with ADHD and similar don't push to be considered as part of the autistic spectrum, it's seems somewhat obvious that there it too much overlap to pretend otherwise.
- hnbad 2y ago
  AuDHD is a thing (in the sense of being a term in neurodiversity spaces, not in the sense of being recognized as a diagnosis) but generally the consensus seems to be that while there may be an overlap in symptoms presenting in people with ADHD vs autistic people, the underlying causes/experiences are often different. So someone with ADHD might be socially awkward because they find it hard to focus on the other person whereas an autistic person might be socially awkward because they find it intrinsically difficult to gauge what the other person expects from them.
_yb2s 2y ago
Great description, my experience with inattentive ADHD was identical to what you describe.

by hnbad 2y ago

Suppafly 2y ago

>Plus of course there's significant overlap between people with ADHD and autistic people (as well as an overlap in symptoms). I'm honestly surprised more people with ADHD and similar don't push to be considered as part of the autistic spectrum, it's seems somewhat obvious that there it too much overlap to pretend otherwise.

hnbad 2y ago
AuDHD is a thing (in the sense of being a term in neurodiversity spaces, not in the sense of being recognized as a diagnosis) but generally the consensus seems to be that while there may be an overlap in symptoms presenting in people with ADHD vs autistic people, the underlying causes/experiences are often different. So someone with ADHD might be socially awkward because they find it hard to focus on the other person whereas an autistic person might be socially awkward because they find it intrinsically difficult to gauge what the other person expects from them.

_yb2s 2y ago

Great description, my experience with inattentive ADHD was identical to what you describe.