this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
293 points (96.8% liked)
ADHD Women
1892 readers
1 users here now
A community for women to find support and discuss living with ADHD.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Also, nobody is a disorder. Drives me nuts.
Well, for a lot of neurodivergent people it's actually a part of who we are, not a condition we have, so even though you might not like it doesn't mean it's wrong. Personally I hate people telling me that I have autism and ADHD. I am both those things.
This article explains it quite well and even though it's about autistic people it goes for ADHD people as well.
Nobody's attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder.
But lots of people are attention deficit / hyperactivity disordered. Or for short, lots of people are ADHD.
They just used a different D than you expected.
Heh.
Eh. When people say this they mean
My son is [of medical status] ADHD.
It's like how people say "the car needs washed". They dont say [to be] anymore. It enrages me, but I've been coached that language evolves and we apparently need to respect that.
I personally think it's dumb, and people. Should be held to account: your child has a condition, they aren't a condition.
More trivially but also annoying: your car has a condition, it isn't dirty.