My mother theorized that my brother was so abusive to me my whole life was because he had adhd, never knew what to do with his energy.
I thought bullshit. Her comment is from ignorance of the condition. From reading #actuallyautistic posts here who also have adhd, I never read that kind of reaction.
I guess I don’t believe it the same way autistics are abusive because they are autistic.
While I sincerely value how my #neurodivergent brain so deeply & fully engages with anything I encounter...
...sometimes I REALLY envy the ability to engage with many things simultaneously on a surface level
(Like, for example, be able to stay semi-active on Mastodon while writing a research-intensive article instead of having to ghost out entirely in order to focus 🙃)
Hi friends! I have another article to write. The topic is ADHD-ers sharing our experience of what it is like existing as an ADHD-er. Need to send questions to about five folks about their stories.
#AskingAutistics#AskingADHD Say that someone close to you is in education school and wants to really understand #neurodiversity concepts so as a teacher or principal they can recognize ableist bullying and make the school more neuroinclusive (YES!)
What resources (books, blogs, podcasts, classes) would you recommend they check out?
When I was in skool, while I wasn't heavily bullied, the handful of bullies I had largely took advantage of me not knowing social norms while acting like my friends, so I didn't know I was being bullied until often an actual friend told me I was