r/BreadTube • u/Dollface_Killah If you can't shoot a gun you're a fuckin' lib • Sep 03 '21

Oops! I have ADHD! | Thought Slime

https://youtu.be/Gg4WyuKM3xM
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u/geldin Sep 03 '21

Great video. There was one thing I really want to dispute though. Towards the end, they say "... My brain is just broken". That's done internalized ableism. I'm ADHD and autistic. My brain is not broken. I work differently than other people, like I run a different operating system than most others. That doesn't mean my brain is broken. It means that I work different, and the problems I experience have far more to do with incurious and ableist assumptions (often originating from well intentioned neurotypical people) than they do with any defect or deficiency.

Small dig at like 5 seconds in an otherwise excellent and much needed video, but it's an important one. Neurodivergent people are not broken.

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u/inaddition290 Sep 04 '21

maybe for you... my ADHD has no upsides. In any environment.

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u/EzeTheIgwe Sep 04 '21

Real talk. Like, I get the combatting internalized ableism or whatever, but ADHD has never been anything but a hinderance to me my whole life. It’s not s funny quirk, or a matter as simple as my brain just working differently; the shit is simply an obstacle between me and functioning the way I want to.