I’ve seen it referenced on TikTok but I’m curious about the evidence. It seems pretty plausible. The same gene is involved apparently. There’s very high “comorbidity.” Even in non “AuDHDers” many of the symptoms of one (that an individual “doesn’t have”) are present. Autists can be very different from eachother and it seems like they may sometimes have more in common with some ADHDers than eachother. Dividing things into specific labels like this is kinda lib and undialectical anyway. People already realizing Aspergers and other things were just autism. “Pathological Defiant Disorder” (allegedly) seems to basically just be a common presentation of AuDHD. There’s also the monotropism theory that both tend to be high in.

This is just my uneducated opinion on something I’ve been fixated on and pondering for a little while. I’m curious if anyone has any serious evidence or more interesting thoughts. There’s probably also connections to other neurodivergences.

  • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]English
    3•17 days ago

    I suppose anything is possible with the complexity of our brains, but it might be too specific (and maybe rare?) to have any research that targets this specifically. Your best bet would honestly be to reach out to a psychiatry department at a research university. Maybe see if their research assistants can help you find something, or if there’s a psychiatrist who could talk with you. You’re going to want to talk to psychiatrists specifically, they’re medical doctors specializing in the brain, not psychologists.

    As for further reading… Hit the stacks lol! I’m not sure you’ll find many good books on this granular of a question, so you might need to dig into research papers. One specialist in ADHD that I know of is Dr. Russell Barkley, look him up for a good primer.