Richard_Littler, '[He] saw a patient who'd been referred for an #ADHD diagnosis. He realised 15 minutes into the consultation that the patient was autistic. “If I had no lived experience of #autism and ADHD I would have missed it completely,” he says. “I would have diagnosed either anxiety or a personality disorder."'
Wow. This is precisely what happened to me. In the 1990s I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder/panic attacks. Then, a couple of years ago, I was referred for...