Well, last time I checked they said it would take 3-5 years waiting time to get an appointment, recently I learned they don't even have an open waiting list right now.
Personal experience from Germany but also heard from others in the UK: it's easier to get an ADHD diagnosis as an adult than an ASD diagnosis as an adult.
Well, for a lot of neurodivergent people it's actually a part of who we are, not a condition we have, so even though you might not like it doesn't mean it's wrong. Personally I hate people telling me that I have autism and ADHD. I am both those things.
This article explains it quite well and even though it's about autistic people it goes for ADHD people as well.
It does present differently, partly because of societal pressure but also partly because of hormonal setup. That's the reason why it was thought for a long time that ADHD and Autism was less prevalent in girls. Luckily, this perspective has changed which led to a lot of late diagnoses for women.
Was mich daran am meisten irritiert: der wurde vom Geheimdienst der Bundeswehr als extremistisch wegen fehlender Verfassungstreue eingeordnet und ihm wurde unter anderem das Tragen der Uniform und das Betreten von Kasernen untersagt. Wieso darf der dann im Bundestag sitzen? Muss er da nicht auch einen Eid auf die Verfassung ablegen?
Pretty much, yes. He didn't know anything and if the authorities had told him he'd have fired the guy but instead the authorities waited until the European election was close so they could make him out to be the bad guy.
The war to end all wars, they called it