• kittenbridgeasteroid@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      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.

      • Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        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.

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          1 year ago

          The sentence structure is vague. “ADHD, like autism, is a developmental disorder” is how I read it