Meanings
- informaluncountableThe combination of autism and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
In AuDHD, special interest may change more rapidly than for those who are only autistic, Neff said. "It may last only a couple of months, but the intensity of the special interest remains the same," she added.
2023 April 25, Laura Newberry, “Autism and ADHD often go hand-in-hand. What's it like to have 'AuDHD'?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Aug 20232 more examples
Toph has AuDHD, Autism and ADHD mashed together. Besides all of the self-explanatory things these two factors entail, folks with this diagnosis have a different way of thinking. In Toph's own words, her "autistic brain has to learn by observation" as she does not pick up on social cues the way folks outside the spectrum do. She learns them by observing patterns.
2022 July 6, Robertas Lisickis, Monika Pašukonytė, “"I've Been Asking My Male Friends To Do Something – Watch If The First Response To Everything A Woman Tells You Is To Refute, Say No, Or Something Negative"”, in Bored Panda, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022Antekeier said that the ADHD medication that she takes has helped her immensely in school and with socializing, and accepts it now as a part of her autism. In her bio on TikTok, where she posts advocacy and information about her diagnosis, she self-describes as having "audhd."
2022 December 26, Jake Johnson, “A woman with autism was misdiagnosed for years — here are 3 subtle signs she now realizes went unnoticed”, in Insider, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2022
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 雙A /双A, AuDHD
- 雙A /双Acombination of autism and ADHD
- AuDHDcombination of autism and ADHD
French TDAuH
- TDAuHcombination of autism and ADHD
Polish AuDHD
- AuDHDcombination of autism and ADHD
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