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Interesting post.
If autism can be said to be a disorder that impairs the ability of an individual to interact with others, ADD is a disorder that makes it difficult for others to interact with the individual. Well OK, I know it’s not quite that simple, but the result in both cases is—or can be— alienation. With ADD, there is an additional problem: Not unlike carbon monoxide, ADD is an “odorless, tasteless, colorless” agent—it can escape detection for years, hiding behind what appear to be nothing more than character flaws. So whereas autism elicits compassion, ADD often does not. We’re on our own. And that can make interactions with family and friends (if you can manage to have any) problematic, especially during an “anti-alienation” time of the year, when everybody gathers around the hearth, etc.
You ask how we handle the Holidays. The answer in my case is, “with tremendous difficulty.”