This is the first in a series of posts about my journey from ADHD-oblivious, to ADHD-curious, to where I am today. See the full series here. I could’ve gotten an ADHD diagnosis in high school. Maybe even sooner. I could’ve avoided years of stress, anxiety, shame, and overwhelming emotional highs and lows. Instead of wondering […]
Tag: ADHD myths
Internet of ADHD Weekly roundup: January 24, 2020
A new life: being diagnosed with ADHD in my 40s has given me something quite magical | The Guardian I loved this essay about author Jason Wilson‘s experience with late-diagnosis ADHD. Excerpt: The problem is not so much thinking as harnessing thought. ADHD is not a deficit of raw intelligence but an inability to make […]
Why I won’t call my ADHD a gift (it’s about privilege)
Every once in a while, someone criticizes me for focusing too much on ADHD’s impairments. After all, some of the world’s most successful people have ADHD! Clearly it’s all about attitude, right? People like me, who pathologize neurodiversity, are part of the problem. Except it’s not all about attitude. If you believe ADHD makes you […]