My guess is that they get you coming or going; medication may help with the behavioral toxicity, but has negative side effects. That "early adopter" I mention says that he needs his Dexedrine (his monthly dose comes in a pill bottle which is approaching the size of a small trash can) to do anything, but he doesn't do very much and has a serious hoarding problem.
My take is that for kids it is not a matter of what is good for the kid but what is good for the school. Much of "neurodivergence awareness" is not an increased acceptance of people's diversity but a reduced tolerance where a kid can't just be "weird" or "out of sync" but has to have a diagnosis.
My guess is that they get you coming or going; medication may help with the behavioral toxicity, but has negative side effects. That "early adopter" I mention says that he needs his Dexedrine (his monthly dose comes in a pill bottle which is approaching the size of a small trash can) to do anything, but he doesn't do very much and has a serious hoarding problem.
My take is that for kids it is not a matter of what is good for the kid but what is good for the school. Much of "neurodivergence awareness" is not an increased acceptance of people's diversity but a reduced tolerance where a kid can't just be "weird" or "out of sync" but has to have a diagnosis.