amythos @amythos@social.cleverlibre.org
Eternal student, trying to find the unknowns unknowns.
In case folks aren't aware, the Internet Archive now has a scholar version with a huge collection of academic work available.
#academicchatter #academicmastodon #academic #education #open
@thor fish can't climb trees, giraffes can't swim. People are very different, not everyone can perform at the same things equally well. Pretending that people have the same potential and are just divided by interests, motivation and will power is a big fat lie being upheld by society that does much more harm than good. A lesson most people with #adhd and other "divergences" learn from life experience.
Not ignoring differences solves #discrimination, but accepting and accommodating them.
For me, the worst part of #adhd "waiting mode" is the 5-10 minutes before a scheduled meeting/event. I can't start anything new or interesting, lest I forget about what I have to do, but doing nothing is the psychological equivalent of listening to modem noise at full volume for minutes on end. 
The thing I dislike about diagnoses like #ADHD and #autism is that it puts the onus on people to "out" themselves. Instead, everyone should be educated on and familiar with a whole range of "abnormal" constraints, needs, accommodations etc including #PTSD, OCD etc and be sensitive to what everyone prefers, not just those who identify as different in some way. We're not robots, manufactured to specification. Everyone has some phobia, some #trauma, some injury, some disorder or disease, and they don't have to advertise that on their business card. Just be kind, compassionate, and curious.
Eternal student, trying to find the unknowns unknowns.
