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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was diagnosed with ASD around when I was fifty. Five-Oh. I'm still wending the administrative labyrinth to get appropriate support.

As for ADHD, I only really noticed my executive dysfunction when playing Subnautica and Satisfactory, both of which feature periods where there are big lists of tasks I can engage in right now towards large goals, and my brain would freeze up.

Folks and teachers and peers noticed I was a bit odd since I was six.