As someone who struggled with undiagnosed ADHD until diagnosed in my thirties, I can assure you that ADHD has nothing to do with our educational system.
Our educational system may be abusing the diagnosis and pushing the use of drugs inappropriately. It may be ignoring or failing to address the individualized needs of students.
That doesn't discount the reality of ADHD.
The way in which you broadly discount ADHD by blaming the educational system is no more credible than teachers diagnosing their students as ADHD.
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That's the problem. The state has a very small voice in the direction of the school because it receives so little state funding.
As someone who struggled with undiagnosed ADHD until diagnosed in my thirties, I can assure you that ADHD has nothing to do with our educational system.
Our educational system may be abusing the diagnosis and pushing the use of drugs inappropriately. It may be ignoring or failing to address the individualized needs of students.
That doesn't discount the reality of ADHD.
The way in which you broadly discount ADHD by blaming the educational system is no more credible than teachers diagnosing their students as ADHD.