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Do all autistic adults have either OCD or ADHD?

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It seems that a lot of autistic adults have OCD or ADHD - the OCD ones like everything to be clean and tidy, and the ADHD ones seem to have difficulty in organising stuff.

Do you have either of these? If so, how do they affect your day to day functioning?

I have OCD and I love a clean and tidy environment, and although I find bathing or showering a bit boring I feel better for doing it. I am highly organised with money, budget setting, paying bills, etc, and like recording things in a spreadsheet or making lists. I also do meal planning each week before doing my online shopping order. I cannot stand lateness either, but I'm not sure if that's an OCD thing?

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  • I have neither OCD nor ADHD, nor do I have traits of either of them that is not better explained by my autism. I have autistic friends with ADHD and autistic friends with OCD, although their OCD causes them significantly more distress than just a need to have a clean and tidy environment. 

    There's plenty of research indicating a common co-occurrence for both of these conditions with autism, but it's still a large exaggeration to ask if ALL autistic adults have one of the two. There's also then a slightly bizarre implication that as autism and ADHD are lifelong conditions, if you don't have ADHD with your autism you have to develop OCD?

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  • I have neither OCD nor ADHD, nor do I have traits of either of them that is not better explained by my autism. I have autistic friends with ADHD and autistic friends with OCD, although their OCD causes them significantly more distress than just a need to have a clean and tidy environment. 

    There's plenty of research indicating a common co-occurrence for both of these conditions with autism, but it's still a large exaggeration to ask if ALL autistic adults have one of the two. There's also then a slightly bizarre implication that as autism and ADHD are lifelong conditions, if you don't have ADHD with your autism you have to develop OCD?

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