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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I have what is commonly being described as ADHD (oh, yeah, and I'm a software developer ;-) ) and my son has it as well. I refuse to see

by froh42 10y ago

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I have what is commonly being described as ADHD (oh, yeah, and I'm a software developer ;-) ) and my son has it as well. I refuse to see ADHD as an illness. It is a different way of thinking (and unfortunatley does not fit too well in our modern indoor office world with 90% "other" people). All your examples led me up to FINALLY having a different word for ADHD that does not involve "disorder". Me and my son, we're having non-linear minds. Time to find non-linear things to do, so we can be happy. Thanks. P.S.: Your coping strategies: I've developed roughly the same ones for myself as well. GTD, done. Pomodoro, done. Non-linear job, done. They work quite well.

dx034 10y ago
While I generally support what you say, I think it's important to note that coping with a disorder/condition/different mind is much harder for a child than for an adult. University offers some flexibility on how to work, and work in companies often even more. But schools mostly can't offer that flexibility, so treating ADHD (or at least discussing it with teachers) can be very helpful.