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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Psychiatrist and author William W. Dodson, MD, estimates that by age 12, children who have ADHD receive 20,000 more negative messages from parents, teachers, and other adults than their friends and siblings who do not have ADHD.

Maybe this is part of it. ASD/ADHD people being corrected so many times about doing things “wrong” that they have been “trained” to point out or note things that are incorrect. And also, maybe a reason why we get so incredibly frustrated when NT let things slide for other NT people that we feel we’d get in trouble for. We don’t fit the vibe that NT in-group runs on.

[–] bobbbu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

This blows my mind. Makes so much sense! edit: forgot to thank you for posting this :). Thanks!