What is AuDHD?

A name for the overlap

AuDHD is a community term for being autistic and having ADHD. Autism and ADHD can occur together. The word gives people a way to talk about that overlap.

If something here feels familiar, it is worth listening to, and recognising yourself can be a meaningful first step. An official diagnosis is an option for those who want one, and some people choose not to have one. Every mind has a place here.

Wanting routine and wanting something new

In the book, Reut describes the experience as two engines pulling in different directions. You might want the comfort of a plan and also find it hard to follow. You might want new experiences and then need quiet afterwards. These examples are invitations to understand, not rules for how AuDHD must feel.

Look for the need beneath the contradiction

Instead of asking why someone is being inconsistent, it can help to ask what they need in this particular moment. Wanting company yesterday does not mean wanting company today. Finding a plan useful does not mean that following it will always be easy.

Try room for both

A gentle experiment might be a familiar starting point with a little choice inside it: a known place to work, followed by a choice of two tasks. Or a social plan with an easy way to leave. Keep what helps and change what does not. Support can be flexible without being less real.