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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine is a young adult now. Processing speed &lt;5th percentile. IQ &gt;97th percentile. It’s really tough for him. It’s like it takes him awhile to understand what’s going on around him. But once he’s got it, you wouldn’t notice. Honestly though it can be painful to watch him try to enter conversations and start school assignments and projects. [/quote]

My son is the same. He had an IEP at school with 50% then 100% extra time. He is in college now with 100% extra time, which I'm told is rare. Productivity at work will be a problem. He has to target workplaces that prioritize quality of work over quantity. With his high IQ, he relishes intellectually complex tasks... but he's going to take ages to do it.

One other very important point. With ADHD, which is a dysregulation of attention, people are able to hyperfocus on preferred tasks. So I've been telling my son to work in his area of interest, otherwise there's no hope he'll be productive. He works faster when he's interested. School is difficult in that regard, since students are asked to do well in all subject areas.[/quote]

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