> Yeah, ADHD is a difference to non-ADHD, but that doesn't make it a disability. It's just a different mode of thought, in the same way that introversion and ex

> Yeah, ADHD is a difference to non-ADHD, but that doesn't make it a disability. It's just a different mode of thought, in the same way that introversion and extroversion are different modes of thought. Most people in fact have periods of introversion and extroversion, and surely modes of attention are not fixed or static in people either. I talked briefly with a psychiatrist about this - to be clinically diagnosed with ADHD (in his clinic anyhow...) it has to be severe enough to be a major detriment to your life, basically. To quote DSM-5 > There is clear evidence that the symptoms interfere with or reduce the quality of social, academic, or occupational functioning. How would you define a disability? What criteria must be met?