• toad@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Yes and no. I knew a guy that was biking and had an accident. He lost his legs. He because an athlete, did sailing and climbed mountain and stuff. He still couldn’t use a normal bike. Do you get what I mean? You can do self-help as much as you want but you can’t ask a blind person to look at the sky.

    Or more like you can ask, but you’ll probably get a blank stare.

    Sorry for the bad joke

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      This is only true under the assumption that ADHD is only to the detriment of the person. I don’t believe that to be true at all. Unlike e.g. missing a leg or being blind, which don’t really give any benefits at all, many people with ADHD are also very successful because it to drives them somewhere and makes them act because they simply have to.

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        14 minutes ago

        Thanks for telling us you don’t have a clue what psychiatric disorders are, because that’s what you just announced by claiming ADHD is actually a benefit.

        Sure, some people with ADHD are successful despite their condition. Some people who are blind or paralyzed are successful despite their conditions, too. But that should never be the standard against which all people with those conditions are measured. That’s ableism.

        And if you don’t consider psychiatric disorders to be “real” disabilities, then fuck you, plain and simple.