A place for those that got both Autism and ADHD, those confirmed as one and are suspecting they got the other as well, and also everyone who is neither and just genuinely curious.
Since the combo comes with its own set of challenges, this shall be a place to ask for advice, vent, infodump about special interests and/or just vibe and meme.
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I can relate... If it is worth doing, it must be done 100% right, first try, zero margin for error, no rehearsals, no practise round.
Like rocket science!
(Except I know that's not how rocket science is done, either, but somehow that thought refuses to sink in)
So do it all out 100%, submit that as a draft, and be amazed that your 100% can get even better after some input from others. It's unrealistic to think you'll get something perfect on the first try. Only now about 3 years into my job am I starting to learn this. I look back now on some of my early work I thought was 100% now and realize how short sighted I was