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Finding out your teenager is AuDHD can bring a mix of relief and worry. Relief, because things that never quite made sense finally have an explanation. Worry, because you're not always sure what happens next, or how best to help. If that's where you are right now, you're not alone, and there's no need to have it all figured out straight away. What does AuDHD actually mean? AuDHD describes the combination of Autism and ADHD, two neurotypes that often show up together and inte

Masking (also called camouflaging) refers to the conscious or unconscious strategies people use to hide or suppress traits associated with ADHD, Autism or AuDHD, in order to appear more "typical" in social, academic or workplace settings (Alaghband-rad et al., 2023). For many neurodivergent people, masking isn't a choice made once. It's a quiet, constant recalibration, done dozens of times a day. It might look like forcing eye contact that feels uncomfortable, rehearsing conv

We recognise the overlap between Autism and ADHD - and we consider both