Mariam Whittimore, 36Both of those things are true.
I could write forty pages in two nights and not renew my license for two years. I was diagnosed with ADHD and autism at thirty-six.
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Mariam Whittimore, 36
Daniel Mercer, 45The first twenty minutes was most of it.
I can hold a nine-hour outage together and cannot submit an expense report. The ADHD diagnosis explained what I had filed under personality.
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Jen, late 30sA person at a normal volume.
I can catch a pharmacy error that would hurt somebody and still cannot make my own dentist appointment. I was diagnosed with ADHD and autism at thirty-seven.
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