Disclaimer: This diagram represents common patterns or trends associated with autism and ADHD. However, these are generalizations & will not resonate with everyone’s individual experiences. There is a lot of diversity among Autistic and ADHD people & each person’s journey is different. For more information and full write up please see www.neurodivergentinsights.com

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    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yes, there’s a massive co-morbidity between the two. Something like 50% chance to have ASD if you have ADHD iirc

      • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        its the reverse; about half of people with ASD have ADHD.

        In the US at least the diagnosis rate of ASD is 2.7% and the rate of ADHD is 9.8%, if I recall the odds of having ASD if you have ADHD is approx 20%

    • Deestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Here!

      It’s a really good match for “complex creative” careers. Like (high end) software development, maths, startups, skunkworks etc.

      New and scary problem: Raaah!

      ADHD: Ooh, new! enter manic mode

      ASD: I’m gonna repearedly smash my brain into this problem and see who breaks first.

      • Razzazzika@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Take twice as long on the project as anyone else, but it’s done right, and then spend several days in burnout recovering from the manic session?