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My Journey through AuDHD (Autistic + ADHD) Identification / Diagnosis

My Journey through AuDHD (Autistic + ADHD) Identification / Diagnosis

Update: 2024-05-14
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In this episode, I'll share my journey to identification as an Autistic ADHDer. I recently got an email from another speech therapist who is in the neuro questioning phase. And she asked me this "As I understand you were late diagnosed. I wanted to ask you about your experience getting diagnosed and what you feel have been the benefits and drawbacks of it" and I really, really thank you for this email.
 
And interestingly, I think within a day I got a message on Instagram from somebody else with a very similar question. So I thought it is probably high time for me to share a bit more about my journey through AuDHD identification and diagnosis here on the podcast, because the bits that I do share always get interesting. I had a long time of questioning before I decided I wanted to seek formal identification (a.k.a. diagnosis). Here's how my journey went...
 

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My Journey through AuDHD (Autistic + ADHD) Identification / Diagnosis

My Journey through AuDHD (Autistic + ADHD) Identification / Diagnosis

Adina Levy