njadd
Well I don’t think schools in general focus too much on critical thinking so the rest of the population is often just as lacking in this skill.
And while I agree this site has been fun and it’s helpful to get to know others with the same kinds of challenges, lets not forget that
there a just as many non add people who aren’t happy or have not lived up to their own or other’s expectations.
I think we are lucky to discover this facet of our mental functioning and can now find ways to work around the quirks and make use of our creativity and other positive traits. There are really worse things we could be faced with. I think we have to think positively & re-brand ourselves. If Michelangelo had a desk, I’m sure it was covered with stuff and he couldn’t find his paint brushes half the time 
Probably no wonder it took him so long to paint the ceiling! (I’m sue there’s an art history buff out there who will tell me I’m all wrong about this but that’s my theory and what the heck – I’m going with the send button now…)