“ADHD ‘diagnosis’ is often created by societal norms about how to learn, think and work rather than a response to a biological fault, claims The Economist.
Researchers are questioning if ADHD should be seen as a disorder [Gift article]
https://econ.st/4gaEdQt
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@mjt I've long felt that the name "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" is a label invented by a person who thought people like me were annoying and just not good enough.
So I own it by calling myself a Filthy Chaos Gremlin.
The "label" I prefer comes from Connor De Wolfe:
Dopamine Attention Variability Executive-dysfunction.
Hi, I'm Courtney, and I have ✨🌟 DAVE 🌟✨. 🤘🖖
[#]ADHD
[#]DAVE
[#]DopamineAttentionVariabiltyExecutiveDysfunction
[#]FilthyChaosGremlin
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@courtcan @mjt
So if someone gets annoyed by your behaviour, you can tell them that they just got DAVED. 😛
Yeah, I agree with @waiting , you can probably drop the dysfunction part and it would still work. DAVEd.
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