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If I could have any superpower it would be perfect control of attention. It takes a lot of effort to consistently focus the laser beam, and doubly so when there’s too much context switching!

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One thing about being on the spectrum is that focus is relatively easier. I've always kind of felt like extreme focus was my one true skill.

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ADHD is a common comorbidity of high-functioning autism (HFA), with sixty-five percent of participants falling above the clinical cutoff in one study (Holtman et al., 2005) and 28.1% in a retrospective (Simonoff et al., 2008).

Noah Jones

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May 19, 2021

I’ve been spending the past two weeks on a lit review on twice-exceptional adolescents (highly gifted + HFA), and what characterizes ASD is the difficulty of relating phenomena in the sensorium.

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That tism is actually a superpower mfs jus be fronting

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Likewise. I have attention *surplus* disorder haha.

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My son has that. He's so brilliant. He has high functioning--used to be called aspergers more often. What intelligent people!! Deep interest in specific subjects.