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by anon84873628 850 days ago
This sounds like something I would have said before living with someone with ADHD.

It would take a long time to explain adequately. But to summarize, neurodivergence can be a pervasive, debilitating problem for people, and medication is in many ways a miracle cure. And the solutions you suggest require the exact type of executive function that sufferers are lacking.

Of course it would be nice to wave a wand and change society instead, but that's not going to happen.

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Agreed. You really have to experience or see something to truly understand it. Recently, every time I’ve had a serious medical issue, I’ve learned how people who are permanently disabled live.