Magda has given a summary of her talk below and has said if anyone wishes to get in touch about assessment or informal chat, she would be very happy to facilitate this. We have added her contact details below:

• Autism and ADHD are much more complex conditions than most people think they are, with many nuanced finer aspects to them.
• These two conditions often overlap or co-exist with one another, and/or with other neurodevelopmental conditions such as dyslexia or tic disorders.
• Girls present differently to boys often with more masking, but boys are also good at compensating/masking, often related to higher intellect.
• Traits may be more apparent to others, due to parents' tendency to normalise. This is a natural thing for a parent to do.
• Autism still has more stigmas than ADHD, but there is an importance of being open to it, for the young person’s benefit.
• The value of the young person being informed of having autism and/or ADHD, and depending on age, using simple terms, and emphasising positives next to the challenges.
• Positives often include natural skills and talents, such as in sport, performance arts such as acting and the music industry, medicine, architecture, IT etc.
• There is still a lot of ongoing research being done on both autism and ADHD to help in understanding it better.

Oxford Neurodiversity clinic, offers a free of charge 30 minute zoom call, (no strings attached), for parents who are unsure of either autism and/or ADHD being present.

A 10% reduction for anyone who books an assessment by the end of this year. This year is fully booked but still availability in January/February.

Contact: enquiries@oxfordneurodiversity.com