Someone You Love Has AuDHD

A Guide for Parents, Friends, and Everyone Else Learning to Understand the Adult They Care About

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Beth Williams

Verlag:

Independently Published

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36743474

EAN: 9798190537109

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Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Mo, 07.09.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 27.25

Beschreibung

"This is the same person I've always known. So what actually changes now. ". If someone you love has just told you they're AuDHD - autism and ADHD together - you may be feeling two things at once: a deep wish to get this right, and a quiet, guilty confusion about what a diagnosis in adulthood is even supposed to mean for the person you already knew so well. You're not alone in that, and you're not doing anything wrong by wondering. Maybe your adult child sat you down with news you never saw coming. Maybe a close friend mentioned it in passing and you've been quietly worried about saying the wrong thing. Maybe a brother, a cousin, or a coworker has started talking about themselves differently, and you want to respond with more than a nod. Most books for the loved ones of neurodivergent adults are written for spouses and partners - or they're really about raising autistic children. This one is different. It's written for everyone else: the parents of an adult child, the close friends, the extended family, and the coworkers who love or value someone diagnosed as an adult, and who simply want to understand. Warm, clear, and refreshingly free of jargon, Someone You Love Has AuDHD. gently updates the outdated pictures of autism and ADHD that no longer fit the adult in front of you - and shows you, relationship by relationship, how to show up well. Inside, you'll discover:. What AuDHD actually is, and why autism and ADHD together isn't a contradiction. Why a lifetime of "masking" kept this hidden - and why late diagnosis is so common. How to reframe the past without drowning in guilt over what you didn't know. What genuinely changes now, and the much larger part that doesn't. The words that help - and the well-meaning comments that quietly wound. Sections written directly to you. : parents of an adult child, close friends, and extended family, coworkers, and everyone else. How to handle nosy questions and dismissive comments from outside the inner circle. A plain-language glossary, a "what to say instead" phrasebook, and answers to the questions loved ones ask most. You don't need a clinical background. You don't need to become an expert on anyone's brain. You just need to trade a small, outdated picture for a truer one - and this book walks you there, one honest step at a time. The person you love hasn't changed. You're simply about to understand them better than you ever have. Scroll up and start understanding today. This book is for general educational and informational purposes and is not a substitute for professional medical or psychological advice.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Beth Williams

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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