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by daychilde 5752 days ago
A quick search found this: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52...

As far as "giving him a break" - why doesn't he give me a break and not perpetuate inaccurate and hurtful stereotypes?
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mrtron 5752 days ago
Please don't take a tiny offhand comment that has nothing to do with the key point of the essay as a personal attack on you. That comment there isn't hurtful or perpetuating anything about you.
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daychilde 5752 days ago
I didn't take it as a personal attack on me. And I'm sure it wasn't intended as an attack - just as those that call things "gay" don't mean that as an attack, and those that call things "retarded" don't mean that either.

Doesn't mean it's not unhelpful and nonharmful.

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noelsusman 5752 days ago
Sure, it was uninformed, but I honestly don't see how that was a hurtful stereotype. He wasn't implying that everybody with ADHD loves meth and Jolly Ranchers. How is the misconception that meth decreases attention span a hurtful stereotype against those with ADHD? I just don't see it.
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