Even as a kid, Alice Lovatt was always getting in trouble for being late.
She was often embarrassed after letting down friends for her tardiness, and she was routinely stressed about arriving at school on time.
"I just donβt seem to have that clock that ticks by in my head,β said Lovatt, a musician and group-home worker in Liverpool, U.K.
It wasnβt until she was diagnosed with ADHD at 22 that she learned she was experiencing a symptom sometimes called "time blindness."
Russell Barkley, a retired clinical neuropsychologist at the University of Massachusetts, is often credited with linking time impairment with people with ADHD or autism.
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