Not everyone deals with things in the same way.
But, maybe this is the way it is meant to be. Perhaps we are meant to be tested in childhood. And I suspect a lot of the bullying you have seen is more of the "modern" kind. I think it is pretty terrible that there is no way for a kid these days to get away from it - 24/7 global access.
That statement is false.
The way the sentence is phrased in the article is bad. How it should read is "many of the diagnoses are incorrect" meaning that there is a lot of false positives.
"I can't help it I have ADHD/autism"
Nope... just a tosser. :D
I think that the problem with a lot of the mental disorders, is that a claim can be made without much evidence. It is different with something like cancer. Even with me, who has a verifiable through scans dead bit of brain, struggle to explain the impacts in a believable way, because people can't imagine having the issues at all.
Things like ADHD though, there are people who have issues, and people who have created similar issues that look like it. Is the treatment the same for both groups? I don't think so.
Ahh now that one I would have agreed with :)
LoL yep XD Apparently it is somehow astonishing to some that being part of some group somehow doesn't preclude one from being a dick.
my first second-hand encounter with this (didn't happen to me directly, I was shown transcripts) was someone sincerely, genuinely believing that they couldn't possibly be racist because they sincerely, genuinely believed that racism against white people somehow didn't count, and you couldn't tell them otherwise because they're 100% right because they just are, and you're racist for suggesting otherwise, brain still occasionally struggles to accept that that actually happened when I think about it
This is true. I remember having discussions with people about how it's "entertaining" explaining to people that our kids are autistic, sorry he doesn't mean to be an arsehole, he legit doesn't realise he's being rude, we're working on it. One of my friends made a similar but different comment but it was a wheelchair or a missing limb rather than cancer (can't remember specifics), that way people could see there was something "wrong" and would be more sympathetic but when it's mental and one is otherwise sound of body there's a lot less patience.
The treatment (where applicable/sought out) isn't even the same for the same groups x_x