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Looking for advice from other parents with ADHD and/or autism

Loz

Hi everyone,

I’ve recently been diagnosed with ADHD (ASD referral too) and it’s made me realise how much I’ve been trying to juggle. I’m also raising an autistic/ADHD child, and honestly… some days feel like a lot.

I’d love to hear from other parents experiencing similarly:

How do you manage day-to-day life when both you and your child are neurodivergent?

Do you have routines or little tricks that actually help?

How do you deal with the emotional and sensory overload of parenting?

And do you feel like your own ADHD/autism has affected your child?

I can see how mine has - especially with consistency, routines, and my emotions - and I’m trying hard not to beat myself up for it.

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  • I am autistic, my wife NT, we have an adult ADHD child and an adult autistic child. When the children were growing up we had no idea that anyone in the family was neurodivergent. We did recognise that our children were a bit different to the average child - especially difficulty regulating emotional state with the ADHDer and high anxiety in the autist. We just muddled through. I think that stability is of especial importance for ND children. Remarkably, my wife and I never argue, beyond the occasional snarky comment and riposte. We always presented a united front to the kids, always backed each other up on decisions either of us made about them. A solidly stable home life helps enormously with minimising anxiety and fluctuations of mood in children.

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  • I am autistic, my wife NT, we have an adult ADHD child and an adult autistic child. When the children were growing up we had no idea that anyone in the family was neurodivergent. We did recognise that our children were a bit different to the average child - especially difficulty regulating emotional state with the ADHDer and high anxiety in the autist. We just muddled through. I think that stability is of especial importance for ND children. Remarkably, my wife and I never argue, beyond the occasional snarky comment and riposte. We always presented a united front to the kids, always backed each other up on decisions either of us made about them. A solidly stable home life helps enormously with minimising anxiety and fluctuations of mood in children.

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