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Explaining AuDHD

The expert-led guide to Autism and ADHD Co-concurrence

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What is it like to experience both Autism and ADHD?

You’ve probably heard of Autism or ADHD by now. Often thought of as contradictory conditions, much of the discourse around both focuses on their neurological differences. But what about those diagnosed with both? Where do the two conditions intersect and overlap?

Explaining AuDHD is a straight-talking guide for those trying to understand Autism and ADHD as a combined diagnosis. Using real-life stories of people living with AuDHD, this book offers advice for those grappling with a diagnosis, and provides a framework for listeners to advocate for themselves and discuss it with loved ones.

Written in accessible prose by Autism and ADHD expert Dr Khurram Sadiq, Explaining AuDHD is a vital resource for anyone questioning their own neurodiversity, undergoing assessment, or making sense of their recent diagnosis..
Praise for Explaining AuDHD:

'This is going to be a game changer for so many people in the best way' - Ruth Liptrot, Channel Five News

‘A masterpiece. On behalf of everyone grappling to understand their unique brains, thank you! Truly life changing' - Alex Partridge, host of ADHD Chatter and bestselling author of Now It All Makes Sense

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Matt Fletcher-MacDonald is a voice and TV actor who has appeared in Suits and The Strain. He brings his steady American voice to his first audiobook narration of Explaining AuDHD.

Dr Khurram Sadiq is a Consultant Psychiatrist in South East London at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. He is a neurodevelopmental psychiatrist specialising in ASD and ADHD working with adults and children. He is regularly a public speaker on the topic of ADHD and AuDHD including most recently a TEDx at Kings College London. He also has AuDHD.

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The author gives a very clear and articulate explanation of A
SD, ADHD and AuDHD. I have read a number of books on this subject and I would say that it’s the best so far. If you want to learn about the subject you won’t be disappointed.

Very good read

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Excellent insight to AuDHD and dual diagnosis.
Accuracy is ambiguous but it is an honest reflective book.
As a dual diagnosed late in life older female myself it is always interesting to try to validate our own experiences by sharing our own narratives.

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This is a succinct and useful introduction to AuDHD . It includes some strong and vital messages around the limitations of current diagnosis frameworks and how vital it is to understand the nuances of the condition. With some useful
Case studies we understand how vital it is as therapists, parents, schools, employers or support teams to provide personal treatment plans. With these in place the neurodivergent mind can feel nourished and prosper.

If you miss a point you need not worry; hebian learning prevails and the author repeats key points on a number of occasions

Accessible and Informative

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What it isn’t:
This book isn’t a treatment manual or self help guide. It’s not a parentified view of autism and ADHD with a disorder and cure focus (thank goodness) and while the neurobiology is discussed, it’s not an update on neuropathological research findings.
What it is:
A compassionate and whole life view, drawing on professional and personal lived experiences, into what autism and ADHD are to the people who experience them and crucially - where they intersect. Writing both as a specialist in the field and as a person with lived experience of AuDHD, the author’s motivations for writing this book are evident in the passion of his writing.
The book is clearly his argument for recognition of AuDHD not as two ‘disorders’, but as a neurodevelopmental profile distinct in its challenges and strengths.
It achieves this and more: provides a lens through which to see beyond limited pathologising language,
review reliable information, tackle stigma and contextualise experiences.
Listening on audible is a perfect way for an AuDHDer to access content like this, so I am grateful that this book was made available as an e-book too.

Comprehensive, factual and compassionate

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Explains very well how the 2 conditions over laps. As a late diagnosis of both. This really has helped me understand that unscramble itch of why living with both has been such a struggle. The tug of war with my brain getting pulled in different directions. Then me going BANG with burn out. Lots to look at with my mental health doc for next appointment.

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