• kittenbridgeasteroid@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 years ago

    Yup. It’s a developmental disorder instead of a mental illness (like autism). Our frontal lobe or prefrontal cortex didn’t develop properly.

    I think ADHD is a horrible name for it. Executive Functioning Disorder is a much more accurate name.

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      2 years ago

      I think ADHD is a horrible name for it.

      Rather that saying that as an opinion say that as if it was an objective truth because it is one. It is truly a terrible name for the disorder because it’s named after how we inconvenience neurotypicals and not after our struggles. It should either describe our struggles properly or have a serious sounding neutral name where people won’t be assuming things about the disorder.