AuDHD Explained: When You Have Both Autism and ADHD at the Same Time

Illustration of overlapping neural patterns representing AuDHD, the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD

AuDHD is the informal term for having both autism spectrum disorder and ADHD simultaneously. Up to 50-70% of autistic people also meet ADHD criteria, yet dual diagnosis was formally impossible until DSM-5 removed the exclusion in 2013.