Re: People using disabilities as pitiful excuses
Thanks Arch0wl.
Going to add some more here. Did my undergraduate major in Neuro and Psych.
Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder. Most are mentally retarded and have sleep disturbances. They have impaired social interaction skills, communication abilities and engage in restricted, repetitive behaviors. This disorder is not an excuse for anything; it's a neurologically based disorder that onsets before the age of three.
Autism is not the same thing as Aspergers; people with Aspergers are of normal intelligence and show no delay in language development. The reason people equate these two disorders is because they're both Autism SPECTRUM disorders; however, they are very different in manifestation.
ADHD is also a brain based disorder that interferes with self regulation. It is formally known as ADHD; ADD is incorrect, so please don't use this term and correct people that do. There are subtypes of ADHD; inattentive subtype and hyperactive-impulsive subtype, which leads people to believe there is a distinction between ADHD and ADD when rather the latter is incorrect.
It has a strong genetic component; heritability is estimated at 0.8, and MZ twins have concordance rates of approximately 0.7. Symptoms onset early before the age of 7 and persist usually through life. 50% of people with ADHD repeat a grade, 35% drop out of school completely. More than half have co-morbid learning disabilities and 95% underachieve given their IQ.
This disorder is given a lot of bad rep, in particular because it can be hard to diagnose. However, that doesn't mean it isn't real or that it isn't a big deal. ADHD can be hard to diagnose because the symptomatology overlaps with ODD, CD, Mood disorders (Depression and Bipolar disorder in particular), as well as most Anxiety disorders, many Tic disorders, Asperger's and Learning disorders.
It can also be hard to treat. The best treatment combines medication and behavioral therapy, however, most only take medication. Also, if the medication is taken at the wrong dosage, it can exacerbate the effects of the disorder or cause other problems.
As such, for most people with ADHD, their problems are much greater than simply being unable to self-regulate. This disorder is never an excuse; it's only an excuse when people are misdiagnosed as having ADHD when they do not, or when people without ADHD self diagnose as ADHD.
Whenever dealing with psychological disorders, people should only rely on diagnosis from psychologists. Do not attempt to self diagnose.
Thanks Arch0wl.
Going to add some more here. Did my undergraduate major in Neuro and Psych.
Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder. Most are mentally retarded and have sleep disturbances. They have impaired social interaction skills, communication abilities and engage in restricted, repetitive behaviors. This disorder is not an excuse for anything; it's a neurologically based disorder that onsets before the age of three.
Autism is not the same thing as Aspergers; people with Aspergers are of normal intelligence and show no delay in language development. The reason people equate these two disorders is because they're both Autism SPECTRUM disorders; however, they are very different in manifestation.
ADHD is also a brain based disorder that interferes with self regulation. It is formally known as ADHD; ADD is incorrect, so please don't use this term and correct people that do. There are subtypes of ADHD; inattentive subtype and hyperactive-impulsive subtype, which leads people to believe there is a distinction between ADHD and ADD when rather the latter is incorrect.
It has a strong genetic component; heritability is estimated at 0.8, and MZ twins have concordance rates of approximately 0.7. Symptoms onset early before the age of 7 and persist usually through life. 50% of people with ADHD repeat a grade, 35% drop out of school completely. More than half have co-morbid learning disabilities and 95% underachieve given their IQ.
This disorder is given a lot of bad rep, in particular because it can be hard to diagnose. However, that doesn't mean it isn't real or that it isn't a big deal. ADHD can be hard to diagnose because the symptomatology overlaps with ODD, CD, Mood disorders (Depression and Bipolar disorder in particular), as well as most Anxiety disorders, many Tic disorders, Asperger's and Learning disorders.
It can also be hard to treat. The best treatment combines medication and behavioral therapy, however, most only take medication. Also, if the medication is taken at the wrong dosage, it can exacerbate the effects of the disorder or cause other problems.
As such, for most people with ADHD, their problems are much greater than simply being unable to self-regulate. This disorder is never an excuse; it's only an excuse when people are misdiagnosed as having ADHD when they do not, or when people without ADHD self diagnose as ADHD.
Whenever dealing with psychological disorders, people should only rely on diagnosis from psychologists. Do not attempt to self diagnose.
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