Can someone have both ADHD and autism, or were these historically considered mutually exclusive?

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Can someone have both ADHD and autism, or were these historically considered mutually exclusive?
2026-07-17 13:33
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Got my autism diagnosis at 34, ADHD diagnosis at 19, took this long because apparently my old assessor genuinely believed you couldn't have both, wish I'd known that rule changed years earlier.
2026-07-18 21:26
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Same boat, AuDHD here. The masking from the autism side made my ADHD symptoms basically invisible to every doctor until I stopped performing 'fine' during appointments.
2026-07-21 16:07
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