Rebecca Kern Counseling Services

02/26/2026

Come join me at the Wellness Expo!

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Please watch the video to find out more. 😊

I hope to see you there!

02/25/2026

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02/24/2026

I have some female clients whose ASD was missed and they were diagnosed when they were young adults, including one of my daughters.

Her ADD was identified in high school. This was an accurate diagnosis. Not her ASD. She was misdiagnosed with something else. instead, was something else. Kevin and I didn’t know either and we felt horrible. We were not well enough adept in knowing all there was to know about ASD at the time. When she learned she had ASD, she became her best self - feeling relief and acceptance of herself. And, Kevin and I have immersed ourselves in helping those with ASD in our work.

She and my clients have all said that they were masking when they were younger as a way to appear neurotypical to others so that they would not appear different; feeing that they needed to present themselves in what they felt was the norm.

It is so important to encourage those with ASD to accept themselves for who they are and WE ARE the ones who need to make adaptations within ourselves rather than those with ASD.

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Why AuDHD gets missed—especially in women.
Two reasons:
Autism and ADHD mask each other in assessment.
The impulsivity and disorganization of ADHD make the pattern-seeking and rigidity of autism less obvious. The routine-seeking of autism makes the ADHD hyperactivity look like stubbornness rather than dysregulation. Clinicians looking for one condition miss the other entirely.
The diagnostic criteria were built on boys.
Autism was studied almost entirely in boys. ADHD was studied almost entirely in boys. Girls and women with both learned early—through social observation and fear of rejection—to mask. To perform neurotypicality. To copy what socially successful peers were doing.
The masking works well enough to pass assessments. They fail life. They hit burnout in their 30s and 40s when masking becomes unsustainable. They get diagnosed with anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder. The actual cause—AuDHD—gets missed for another decade.
A BMJ study published this month found that the autism gender ratio approaches 1:1 in adulthood when properly assessed. For decades it was cited as 3-4 boys per girl. That wasn't because girls didn't have autism. Nobody was looking for it in the right way.
If you identified with last week's ADHD paralysis content but felt like something else was also happening—this week's blog might explain a lot.
40-70% of autistic people also have ADHD.
Blog: https://drmel1.podia.com/blog/dce2f785-61d7-42c3-b929-403e178eaf03
Free AuDHD guide: https://drmel1.podia.com/audhd-guide
SADAG: 0800 567 567

02/23/2026

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2026-04-16, Humble, TX

02/21/2026

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🎭 Masking vs. Unmasking: One Is Exhausting, the Other Is Freedom. Which One Are You Doing? 😮💔

02/20/2026

Please provide some nurturing and comfort to yourself, not only today but everyday. 💝

02/19/2026

I am here at the Humble ISD Mental Health and Wellness Fair to help members of our community learn about how my services can help them. It is a great event to nurture one’s well-being. 💝

02/16/2026

Below, is the link to Humble ISD’s Mental Health and Wellness Fair. It shows all of the community partners, which includes myself.

I hope to see you there! I will be handing out a unique and helpful gift to everyone who stops at my table. 🎭

Welcome to the Carnival of Calm: A Mindful Masquerade

02/16/2026

Practice gentle leadership towards yourself, not only on President’s Day, but everyday.

02/14/2026

02/13/2026

This will be a great event for you to attend and nurture your mind.

I will be there and will have a free self-care gift for you! I will also have helpful information sheets on a few topics that you can take home.

I will be at table 67. Look for all of the blue at my space.🐟

I hope to see you there!