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I’m frequently the odd one out in these conversations but: I don’t want ADHD to be treated as normal. I don’t want it to be treated as not-a-disability. I want
by eyelidlessness 5y ago
I’m frequently the odd one out in these conversations but: I don’t want ADHD to be treated as normal. I don’t want it to be treated as not-a-disability. I want it to have intentional accommodations. I want to be recognized and acknowledged as someone with distinct challenges.
I have distinct challenges that I have to address, every day. Normalizing many of them can create more confusion than understanding.
For example, I’m intensely sensitive to sound. A non-ADHD person sensitive to sound in say a shared office would surely benefit from noise canceling headphones. But I’m also very touch sensitive particularly on and around my ears, and that often gives me headaches. A general accommodation for this not only could but has basically left me unaccommadated.
Be kind and don’t make folks lives harder is a good principle. But sometimes acknowledging people have different needs and experiences is part of that.
This isn’t meant as a rebuttal of anything you’ve said, it’s a “yes and” more than anything. But I want it to be part of this conversation too.
- xyzzy_plugh 5y agoI couldn't agree more.
- sh4un 5y agoWe need to demand equal representation of ADHD people in politics, media and in the boardroom. We're in oppressive times folks. Non ADHD people shoudlnt be running everything.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoWe need to demand more than that. All of those venues don’t have enough seats to be representative, even if you consider one seat per representation.
- hypersoar 5y agoI'd bet that there are plenty of politicians with ADHD who don't talk about it. Just as there are certainly plenty of politicians with personality disorders who don't talk about it.
- lazide 5y agoLast I checked, demanding didn't do jack. Not unless it has leverage.
- 331c8c71 5y ago
- sh4un 5y agoUnfortunately no one has the focus to work on this longer than a day.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoPlease don’t do oppression Olympics. It’s just a wedge that benefits no one. We’re better off building bonds and acting in solidarity. By the way, there’s a very high overlap between LGBTQIA+ and ADHD and autism (hi including me, I’m queer, I’m nonbinary, I’m grey-asexual, I’m ADHD and I’m autistic). And there’s a multiple generations of similar struggles among us.
- sh4un 5y ago