If anything about them seemed unusual, ADHD was probably what people guessed. Incidentally, Autism and ADHD co-occur at very high rates, and are diagnostically quite difficult to untangle.[69] Psychologists often call them “sister conditions” because both of them impact things like distractibility, sensory seeking, and being deeply pained by social rejection. This brings me to the next group of Autistics who often get overlooked: those with comorbid and overlapping conditions.
