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minus-squarekittenbridgeasteroid@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYup. It’s a developmental disorder instead of a mental illness (like autism). Our frontal lobe or prefrontal cortex didn’t develop properly. I think ADHD is a horrible name for it. Executive Functioning Disorder is a much more accurate name.
minus-squareCaptain_Waffles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoUhhh, autism is a developmental disorder as well, it’s not a mental illness. It’s often comorbid with mental illnesses, but so is ADHD.
minus-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe sentence structure is vague. “ADHD, like autism, is a developmental disorder” is how I read it
Yup. It’s a developmental disorder instead of a mental illness (like autism). Our frontal lobe or prefrontal cortex didn’t develop properly.
I think ADHD is a horrible name for it. Executive Functioning Disorder is a much more accurate name.
Uhhh, autism is a developmental disorder as well, it’s not a mental illness. It’s often comorbid with mental illnesses, but so is ADHD.
The sentence structure is vague. “ADHD, like autism, is a developmental disorder” is how I read it