When I first set out to write Order from Chaos, I wanted to help people like me get more out of their lives. Not coincidentally, a lot of people like me read this blog. While this certainly doesn’t describe all of us, many of us: Are women Have ADHD (often diagnosed in adulthood) Are the […]
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Time blindness, ADHD, and those days when parenting just sucks
Editor’s note: this post was updated, including adding audio narration, on October 1, 2020. Every parent goes to bed feeling like a failure sometimes. By design, children push our limits. It makes sense that they would. They know we aren’t going anywhere. They might hold it together all day at school, only to melt down […]
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 […]