Disorder is what the DSM calls it.
I look at "normal" and ADHD this way.
ADHD is normal in occurrence, in that it's a genetic normality.
It is unique to us humans and only exists as a certain percentage of the population at the moment.
If we start to breed like rabbits we could take over the world!! Not sure what we would do with it. I'll get back to you on that.
What is not normally is our general lot in the world.
Institutions, from education to prisons to employment and others, we are often given the short end of the stick, if not outright smacked with it.
Changes and acceptance are both big horses for institutions to turn.
Here, in Ontario, Education stills views a ADHD as a behavioural issue, despite evidence that ADHDers are profoundly different learners than compared to 90+ % of enrolled students.
An extreme example of the situation would be the programs in place to deal with learning styles of Aspergers students in many school boards, and for good reason.
However, school populations of ADHD students receive no such accommodation.
Therein lies the rub.
We ADHDers grow up without the same privileges afforded the the other 90-95%, a education suited to our way of learning.
I look at "normal" and ADHD this way.
ADHD is normal in occurrence, in that it's a genetic normality.
It is unique to us humans and only exists as a certain percentage of the population at the moment.
If we start to breed like rabbits we could take over the world!! Not sure what we would do with it. I'll get back to you on that.
What is not normally is our general lot in the world.
Institutions, from education to prisons to employment and others, we are often given the short end of the stick, if not outright smacked with it.
Changes and acceptance are both big horses for institutions to turn.
Here, in Ontario, Education stills views a ADHD as a behavioural issue, despite evidence that ADHDers are profoundly different learners than compared to 90+ % of enrolled students.
An extreme example of the situation would be the programs in place to deal with learning styles of Aspergers students in many school boards, and for good reason.
However, school populations of ADHD students receive no such accommodation.
Therein lies the rub.
We ADHDers grow up without the same privileges afforded the the other 90-95%, a education suited to our way of learning.
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