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Both are independ labels for a specific set of neurodivergent features your brain may or may not have.
Basically, a young brain grows and develops neurological connections. For most people, those connections are relatively similar or typical but minor differences in them is part od why people are all still unique.
When you are “blessed” with neurodivergent dna from your parents, you are more likely to make different, atypical connections.
There is biologically no difference between neurodivergence from autism or adhd. But for medical purposes we group an area of “symptoms” with a label so we can grant each the professional help they need.
Neurodivergence also does not even need to occur with a genetic predisposition, simply growing up differently to your peers can already show the difference, but it doesn’t need to be negative either. Just like how many parts of adhd and autism can be positive.