Too Old, Too Friendly, Too Accomplished
So he said, "You have a lot of autism characteristics, but I have young patients who can barely communicate. And you have a lot of ADHD characteristics, but I see young kids who run around this office touching everything." He said a couple of other things I…
lestersmith.comToo Old, Too Friendly, Too AccomplishedSo he said, "You have a lot of autism characteristics, but I have young patients who can barely communicate. And you have a lot of ADHD characteristics, but I see young kids who run around this office touching everything." He said a couple of other things I can't share about why a lifelong feeling of not quite fitting in. But my takeaway is, "You're too old and accomplished for autism and ADHD, no matter what the test results say."