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511- AuDHD Guidance: Why Autism Is So Di...

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Karen Saporito, Ph.D., explains the ways in which ADHD and autism overlap and how they can present differently in children and adults, and across genders — including why autism is so easily missed and misdiagnosed, especially in girls and women, and the consequences of that.

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