Autism and ADHD share executive functioning challenges but for different reasons.

Focus on mending the relationship. The key is humility and authenticity.

Pick your battles. You can't fight every fight—it's exhausting.

I was relieved and angry. Relieved because everything makes sense now, and angry because why not earlier?

I was relieved and angry. Relieved because everything makes sense now, and angry because why not earlier?

 Even when we do open up about our ADHD, and try to explain the symptoms that have defined us for too long, many people are incredulous. They don’t believe that ADHD exists in adults.

Executive Function Challenges and How to Improve Them

Individuals with ADHD of the inattentive subtype tend to be disorganized, easily pulled off course, forgetful, and inattentive. They tend to be disorganized mentally and physically.

We want to be fixed. Why do you think we hire coaches, if not to be fixed, if not to improve our lives? Why had we continuously asked, “What is wrong with me? Why am I like this? Why can’t I do better?” if we were content with ourselves?

Individuals with ADHD of the inattentive subtype tend to be disorganized, easily pulled off course, forgetful, and inattentive. They tend to be disorganized mentally and physically.

College life can be challenging for anyone, but for those who are neurodivergent, the hurdles of higher education tend to be harder to navigate.

Doctor: Here, fill out this questionnaire, and please have your mom fill out this one.

Me: Okay

When diagnosing a high performing person, the diagnostician should look for evidence that performance lags behind potential.

I wouldn't say my ADHD is a gift or a curse, it just is.

When executive functions fail, people have difficulty with:

“Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it. In fact, the people who don’t have their habits handled are often the ones with the least amount of freedom.

"I'm so impatient!" is how the conversation started. She had thought this way about herself for years, and others reinforced this thinking. But the problem wasn't impatience.

Your brain is a car. Everyone else's cars do exactly what they should. Every so often, other people have trouble with their cars, but their cars get fixed and continue to operate as they should. Their cars get places on time and never cause their owners' significant stress.