What is ADHD? - DisOrient Ep. 3, Part 2
DisOrient Episode 3: Acknowledge Asian American Neurodiversity
Part 2: What Is ADHD?
I hope you are able to listen with an open mind. I want to take on assumptions and stigmas around neurodivergence and ADHD that have worked against me (and my fellow neurodivergent Asian Americans) for a very long time and still do. My experience with ADHD is extremely personal and also very important to me, so I hope that my story and this information on what ADHD is can help someone understand ADHD earlier than I did. Also, I am not an ADHD expert (though maybe I will be one day!); I am a person with lived ADHD experience who has researched a lot, so please check out the resources I reference in this video for yourself!
Resources on ADHD that I reference, in order mentioned:
DSM-5 diagnostic criteria: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/overview/
Myths and misunderstandings: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/myths-an...
Executive dysfunction: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/executiv...
Emotional dysregulation: https://www.additudemag.com/emotional...
Co-occurring conditions: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/co-occur...
Long-term outcomes: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/long-ter...
Additional data on driving, diversion, prison, suicide: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/other-data/
ADHD Likely Reduces Estimated Life Expectancy by Young Adulthood (Barkley, 2018): https://apsard.org/adhd-likely-reduce...
General prevalence: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/general-...
Multimodal treatment: https://chadd.org/about-adhd/treatmen...
Next in this three-part episode: DisOrient Episode 3, Part 3: From Walls to Intersectionality
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Posted on September 5, 2020