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Medium · Neurodiversity · 7 min read
Why ADHD Gets Mistaken For Character Flaws
How a neurological difference is repeatedly misread as a moral failing or lack of effort.
Melissa looks at the gap between how ADHD works and how its visible effects are judged by other people.
When symptoms become judgments
The essay explores why executive and attentional differences are so often framed as flaws in effort, care, or character.
“A neurological difference is not evidence of a moral failure.”
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