Is ADHD Just a Neurodiversity Rather than a Disorder? Where The Economist Gets It Wrong
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Two articles appeared within the last two weeks in The Economist website and magazine claiming that ADHD is a neurodiversity and just a different way of bein...
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    5 days ago

    Like damn near everything else it’s not binary.

    It’s not like everyone without it is the same, and everyone with is the same.

    So for some people, it’s just normal human variation. For some people it’s a disorder.

    If I ate an apple everyday, that’s kind of a lot but normal human variation

    If I ate 10 apples a day and that’s all I ever eat, it’s a disorder.

    Likewise ADHD can be normal variation or a disorder. Because magnitude matters and almost nothing is truly binary.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        5 days ago

        Magnitude always matters.

        And every single riot scene in that show is amazing. I think my favorite was the cafeteria riot tho.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        5 days ago

        I had a biopsych professor who started most classes with:

        Normal gets said a lot, it’s the average range most people are for that very specific thing. None of us are completely normal, and if anyone was they’d probably be the most unique person on the planet

        Great message, a tad over dramatic, and definitely got repetitive quick.

        But it’s important to remember none of us really think the same, and there isn’t really a “normal” like people usually think of.

        If we weren’t all so different, it wouldn’t be so notable when we vibe with someone.