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Or just exceptional brilliance. At the extreme end of IQ or similar scales, aspects of one's very existence become eerily similar to ADHD symptoms - except the
by kosma 10y ago
Or just exceptional brilliance. At the extreme end of IQ or similar scales, aspects of one's very existence become eerily similar to ADHD symptoms - except the mind isn't understimulated because of chemical imbalance; it's understimulated because the world is perceived as unbearably mundane. Similarly, social deficits may be identified as Asperger syndrome when in reality it's may be a lack of common topics/culture and a disregard for the monkeylike social dance. It takes a real expert to properly diagnose such person. See [1], [2].
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Misdiagnosis-Diagnoses-Gifted-Children-Adults/dp/0910707677 https://www.amazon.com/Misdiagnosis-Diagnoses-Gifted-Childre...
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Different-Minds-Children-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1853029645 https://www.amazon.com/Different-Minds-Children-Asperger-Syn...
- matheusmoreira 10y agoI agree and personally know two psychiatrists who share these views. They interpret ADHD as the sign of an intelligent person whose talents should be cultivated separately. The mass education paradigm doesn't work for them. There's something highly paradoxical about ADHD: it's an attention-deficit disorder and yet many display hyperattention once they find something they do like.
- whenwillitstop 10y ago"Similarly, social deficits may be identified as Asperger syndrome when in reality it's may be a lack of common topics/culture and a disregard for the monkeylike social dance" I agree with this. Any time I've said it in person, people jump all over me. It's heresy
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