Subtype sharpening: Measures of language, intellectual and adaptive functioning in late childhood and adulthood point to two phenotypically distinct autism subtypes, according to a new study. This subtype model was drawn from analysis of data from the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive. Mapping these subtypes onto functional MRI connectivity data of the brain’s […]
People with autism who are diagnosed earlier as opposed to later in life have distinct genetic profiles, according to a study published last month in Nature. Many factors may influence when someone receives their diagnosis, and several theories explain how genetics contributes. By one line of thinking, people who have subtle autism-related traits during early […]
My older sister, Marie, wishes that she knew she had ADHD when she was in elementary or middle school. It would have reduced a lot of the confusion, poor self-esteem, and bad mojo that she dragged around like a big, bulky, burdensome sack. If we knew what ADHD really was back in the 1980s, and […]
My identical twin sister was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago in the United States. I was living in the UK at the time. My first thought was, “Come on, they’re distributing diagnoses left, right, and in the US.” I didn’t believe it. It certainly never crossed my mind that I could have it […]
I always knew that there was something about me that was different. I have extremely high energy. All my life, teachers, friends, and business colleagues have told me to slow down and take a deep breath. In my early 40s, a mentor suggested I might have ADHD. A decade later, a friend blurted out, “I […]
I found out about my ADHD by chance. I was going through a difficult period and called my therapist’s office to make an appointment. I had just turned 49 and was filled with existential fear when I knew what was coming. I had also recently moved to a new neighborhood – 30 miles from my […]
