@Garwboy People just weren't cognizant of this stuff...

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@Garwboy People just weren't cognizant of this stuff when I was a kid. Anyone aware of the telltale traits today can read my old report cards and notice some blatantly obvious patterns reported in my behavior.

I didn't suddenly become autistic when I was finally diagnosed at 43. 🙄

Like 10 Jul 2023 at 10:27 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.art

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gaydradia

@analogfusion@mastodon.art @Garwboy@ohai.social the fact stuff wasn't studied or it was downright hidden makes some people think it wasn't there

left handed, trans people, adhd, autism, you name it

10 Jul 2023 at 10:30 | Open on simcha.gay

Kate Watson

@Garwboy @analogfusion Exactly. Just a lot more kids being punished and variously emotionally traumatised for things they couldn’t change.

10 Jul 2023 at 10:32 | Open on prattle.org.uk

Rasta

@analogfusion @Garwboy
The Term ADHD wasn't invented when I was a kid. They threw in ADD for a comparison, and beat the crap out of me in school for it. It was hard for me to sit, so I stood at my desk and wrote, I was strapped almost daily. My report cards read like this STANDING but no 5/10 students, just STANDING. I had a successful military career of 33 years, and was diagnosed just before I retired. A little late for treatment, I've figured me out already

10 Jul 2023 at 13:45 | Open on mstdn.ca

Maggie Maybe

@analogfusion @Garwboy yep I didn’t get diagnosed with ADHD until I was 30. I think my brother was diagnosed after, I’m almost certain my mom had it. She had bipolar so her doctor wouldn’t even consider treating her or testing her for ADHD. It’s really unfortunate, her mom was a doctor in public health, but when she was growing up I don’t think they even knew about ADHD, but especially not in girls.

10 Jul 2023 at 14:41 | Open on hear-me.social

kinyutaka

@analogfusion @Garwboy

We always saw students in media that today would be called ADHD, autistic, or neurodivergent.

The kid who never shuts up in class, the kid who gets way too excited, the kid who struggles to make friends.

It's just that those kids used to be called "problems"

10 Jul 2023 at 14:55 | Open on mstdn.social

Lance

@kinyutaka @Garwboy I'm sure that word got uttered in the teachers' lounge during my elementary school days.

10 Jul 2023 at 16:30 | Open on mastodon.art

James Edwards

@analogfusion @kinyutaka @Garwboy My dad was a school teacher, and he was aware of ADHD in 1980. I know this because when I was finally diagnosed in 2019 he told me that he had suspected I had it when I was 7, but “nobody took it seriously”.

10 Jul 2023 at 22:49 | Open on mastodon.world