A Neurodiversity Affirming Introduction to ADHD

A Neurodiversity Affirming Introduction to ADHD

October is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) awareness month. If you, like me, were in school in the ‘90s you may think of ADHD, or its predecessor Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD) as primarily appearing in unruly young boys who couldn’t sit still. Growing up, I was probably the opposite of that, an academically-inclined girl who would rather curl up with a book than play outside. Still, in my late 20s I was diagnosed with ADHD and I had to re-evaluate many assumptions I had.