I’ve long known I have ADHD, but it’s nice to have official confirmation of my “non-existent” brain difference. Yes, that’s how recent Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth, framed one of the most heritable neurodevelopmental conditions in the book. They claim there is “no evidence” that there are any differences in ADHD brains & that what we really need to do is more meditation, to put down our phones, eat well, & spend time outside. Well, I already did all of that & I still have ADHD.
Speaking as someone who used to be well into all that new age stuff, as someone who didn’t own a smartphone until I was 30, as someone who is late diagnosed with autism, ADHD, hEDS, POTS, dyslexia & dyscalculia, I have a thing or two to say about this “documentary” & why it is not only harmful to all neurodivergent people, but how it is a part of a wide-reaching campaign of neoliberal propaganda, to cast doubt & suspicion over all young disabled people.
Timestamps
Intro - 00:00
1 Max Pemberton - 09:12
2 Katya Rubia - 25:17
3 Mason - 28:03
4 Concepts, Constructs & Brains - 40:57
5 The Key Clinic - 49:18
6 Strategies - 01:04:35
7 The Process - 01:14:58
8 Conclusions - 01:31:04
More info in the YouTube video description.
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More post-factual anti-science BS. What wild times we live in.
Isn’t there some kind of oversight committee that people can complain to? Channel Four does hold a broadcasting license, after all.
The same ones that didn’t believe it was a real condition were also the ones telling me to make eye contact, that I had so much potential if only I tried harder, yelling at me for tardiness, daydreaming, disorganization, etc. The symptoms were right fucking there. Ignorance is dangerous.
Nah man how can you have ADHD if you aren’t bouncing off the walls?
/S, of course. Fellow type I. I am bouncing off the walls…just the walls inside my skull.
that what we really need to do is more meditation, to put down our phones, eat well, & spend time outside.
There is no difference in your brain, but for unspecified reasons you need to engage in all these practices that change your brain.
They also need to come up with an explanation for those of us that grew up without phones, running around outdoors and still had ADHD.
they choose to believe we don’t exist
It’s patently absurd to deny the existence of ADHD if you’ve got someone with it in your life.
Focus certainly exists on a spectrum, but it’s pretty obvious when it’s there or not.
If it’s that horrible why give it views by linking? 🤔
It’s a link to a YouTuber who does long critiques and debunkings:
Video essays & commentary exploring the social, political & philosophical implications of neurodiversity & disability in the modern world.
She has some nice and rare ones too.
…and, here she is critiquing and debunking said documentary, so this is not the horrible video itself.
That detail doesn’t seem immediately obvious to me here without watching the video.
Sincerely,
Someone without the attention span to learn things from videos.Ah my mistake thanks
So that if someone recommends it to us or if it comes up later, we can save the time by not watching it and calling out it’s bs.
If there is no difference in my brain, then how can I take a stimulant drug, drink an entire coffee, then fall asleep for a few hours?
