Coming to Terms with Our Racecar Brains: Academic Mothers Experiencing Adult Diagnosis of ADHD

This collaborative autoethnography explores the experiences of women academics and mothers who received late diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Due to the historical underdiagnosis of women, little research has focused on this specific demographic. We shed light on how ADHD presents in women, interweaving our stories with extant literature and emphasizing the need to understand this demographic’s experiences better. This piece discusses our process of seeking diagnosis…

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