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pwrn51 · 1 month

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Diagnosis to Solutions: Deciphering the ADHD Puzzle

Betsy welcomes Dr. Connie McReynolds, the accomplished author behind “SOLVING THE ADHD RIDDLE”: The Real Cause and Lasting Solutions to Your Child’s Struggle to Learn, currently holding the top spot as an Amazon bestseller in eight categories. Dr. McReynolds brings over three decades of experience in rehabilitation, counseling, and psychology, boasting licenses as a psychologist, certified…

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#kickalzheimersassmovement #ADHD #ADHD children #Author #Betsy Wurzel #Counseling #Dr. Connie McReynolds #Neurofeedback Clinics #Podcast #Psychology #PTSD #Rehabilitation #Teachers

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chronicallycouchbound · 10 months

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May Your Hands Always Be Loud

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 5 years old— subsequently I was forced to take various high levels of stimulants, be in special ed classes, taught to have “quiet hands”, bullied for being weird, and over and over was still unable to keep up with neurotypical peers. It was suffocating.

I remember my senior year of high school, I was in alternative education. It was the one and only year I got honors, didn’t fail any classes, and it was the only year I got the accommodations I needed: being able to stim freely in class, listen to music whenever I needed to, arrive late/leave early, able to do homework in class, and whenever I struggled, my teachers checked on me.

Such simple accommodations changed my life. And it wasn’t until after 12 years of continuously failing classes, punished for being the way I am, years lost to being grounded for never being able to have good grades, so much more. I internalized that I was the problem. But I never was. It was the inaccessible world around me.

Let neurodivergent people, children especially, exist as they are. They are beautiful just as they are. May your hands always be loud.

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thehmn · 1 month

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Sometimes I get in a silly mood and my housemate described the look my dogs give me as “I can’t be bothered to tell her off because this isn’t going to hurt but it’s going to be REALLY annoying”

…I just now realized why people always comment on why I have such chill dogs. It’s because they’re used to humans (me) doing bizarre shit that never ever ends in pain so they just let people do their thing no matter how weird.

#ADHD baybiiii #I’m starting to learn children react the same way #here comes auntie again #it’s going to be annoying for two minutes and then I can go back to my game

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creature-wizard · 2 months

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How the mythology of starseeds, indigo children, crystal children, rainbow children, etc. harms kids

Something I didn't talk about in my last post is how New Age is often harmful to young children, so I'm going to talk about it here.

Here's a quick rundown on terminology for anyone who doesn't already know:

Starseed: An alien soul incarnated in a human body, typically for the purpose of "raising the Earth's vibrational frequency" (read: convert people to New Age beliefs).

Indigo/Crystal/Rainbow Child: A child born with a spiritually advanced soul, whose life purpose is to bring the New Age into being.

If you do a quick websearch on any of these terms, you'll find that the alleged signs of being one of these overlaps with traits associated with autism and ADHD. Many websites will just straight-out say that these children are commonly mistaken for having autism or ADHD. Sometimes you'll find people who claim autism and ADHD don't actually exist at all, but were created by the conspiracy to control and suppress these kids.

What often happens is that New Age parents see their autistic and ADHD children displaying these "signs," and decide that their kids are one of these special souls. So rather than giving their children the help and support they actually need, they project and burden them with incredibly high expectations. We're talking about parents expecting their kids to be able to work miracles or have access to all of this incredibly advanced wisdom that they simply just don't.

Various people I've seen on this website who were raised by New Age parents have spoken about how this kind of thing messed them up. They basically have religious trauma from it. Deciding that your kid has special powers and a special purpose because they meet a very spurious criteria is not okay.

When I was a kid, I absolutely would have fit most definitions of a starseed. I believed in magic, fairies, aliens, and psychic powers. Sci-fi and fantasy was my jam. I loved to draw and play elaborate games of pretend. The idea of helping and healing people appealed to me majorly. And, well, I had undiagnosed autism and ADHD.

But you know what I didn't have?

The kind of special spiritual gifts and innate wisdom people associate with starseeds and the rest.

In fact, as far as I could tell, everyone around me seemed to be more psychically and spiritually gifted than me, for no reason I could ever work out. It was actually kind of traumatizing, because I felt like something was wrong with me.

So yeah, deciding a kid must be some special, extra-magical kind of soul because they have certain characteristics and interests is really not good. Parents who do this are essentially forcing their own egos onto their children, who will very likely end up traumatized from the whole ordeal.

#new age #starseed #starseeds #crystal children #crystal child #indigo children #indigo child #rainbow children #rainbow child #ableism #adhd #autism #religious abuse #spiritual abuse #neurodiversity

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magnetothemagnificent · 11 months

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Non-ADHD and non-autistic disabled people whose only idea of ADHD and autistic people is shaped by media depictions of a nerdy white boy or a quirky goth girl with low support needs: "Yeah ADHD and autism are destigmatized and we should ignore people with ADHD and autism in favor of real disabilities. I am very smart and progressive."

Lateral prejudice towards other disabled people will get us nowhere.

#actually disabled #ableism #lateral ableism #autistic people face disproportional police violence #especially if they're not white #I know people who have been severely hurt socially financially and mentally because of their adhd and/or autism #there's a literal anti-vax movement of people who think autism is worse than polio and measles and shit #adhd and autism are not destigmatized #just because a handfull of privileged adhd and/or autistic people managed to succeed and mask very well #doesn't mean that's the majority of the adhd and/or autistic experience #there's a reason autism was classed as a schizophrenic disorder for a long time #because the outward symptoms of autism and schizophrenia can be very similar #parents of adhd and autistic kids talk openly about wanting to murder their children and some even succeed in doing so #and people sympathize with them #autism and adhd can manifest in auditory processing disorders and communication disorders #which to a non-professional appear indistinguishable from physical hearing impairements and neurological disabilities #adhd symptoms can be so similar to brain cancer that I know someone who died because his cancer was caught so late #actually autistic

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crabussy · 6 months

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turned in my psychology essay with the adrenaline levels of a recently retired racing greyhound who just accidentally ingested a bathtub of black coffee but its okay I survived. thank god I don't have unmedicated adhd or anything like that which would cause me to have this experience every single time I have to complete work. wouldn't that be funny. it would be funny. it would. be so funny if that was the case I'm so relieved that its not the case

#GRIPPING MY HEAAAAAAD #yayy yayyyyyyy I love being slapped with a bullshit label for children that is completely nondescript of any specific symptom or disorder #'your diagnosis is twice exceptional!!' how about I kill you twice with my exceptionally sharp sword #god. search up twice exceptional if you're not clear on it #every single infographic says “2e kids” and “twice exceptional students'#as well as '2e kids MAY have adhd or autism or ocd or dyslexia' OKAY!!!! ^_^ CAN YOU GIVE ME AT LEAST A HINT PLEASE #its infuriating the diagnosis gives me Nothing that can improve my situation #anyway. thanks for following me you get ? funny posts sometimes and then This #adhd #FUUUCK #rant #listen to my gibberish boy #IM SO GLAD I FINISHED IT IN TIME BUT GOD THAT WAS AWFUL #eeeeevery tiiiiime no matter how hard I try

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mindblowingscience · 20 days

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Changes to the microbiome, the community of microorganisms inside the body, were correlated with future neurodevelopmental disorder diagnoses, as well as environmental factors and even common treatments for young childhood ear infections. The researchers conducted the study using data collected over 20 years from 16,440 Swedish children participating in the All Babies in Southeast Sweden (ABIS) cohort. Of these children, 1,197, or 7.28%, developed a neurodevelopmental disorder.

#Science #Health #Biology #Microbiology #Neurology #Children #Neurodevelopment #Gut Microbiome #ADHD #Autism

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theorahsart · 8 months

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I recently did some illustrations for a charming new book by Sally J Pla, Ada and Zaz, that's coming out in September :)

It's about an autistic kid and a kid with ADHD becoming friends, even though they're very different~ Here's some of my fave illustrations from the book!

#neurodiversity #autism #adhd #actuallyautistic #kidlitart #illustration #childrens illustration #childrens books #autism art #adhd art #autism rep #adhd representation

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blujaydoodles · 1 year

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in all ways except physical I am a six inch tall fuzzy little creature living in a mossy stump (which I've filled with a bunch of random shiny bullshit)

#... how do I even tag this one it's not the kind of thing I usually draw lol #illustration #fantasy art #anthro #furry #fursona #pack rat #did you know that if a pack rat finds an object it wants while it's carrying something it'll drop the first thing to pick up the second?#this is because they have adhd #an art discord I'm in just wrapped a weeklong creative jam with the theme 'fursona' and it was really fun!#channeled my lifelong love of Anthropomorphic Rodents Having Adventures childrens' media into this one hehe #oh to be a little creature making bread at redwall abbey #or living in a rosebush filled with stolen christmas lights #etc etc #ALSO DID YOU KNOW (some) species of pack rats have furry tails?? what the FUCK they're so CUTE #self portrait #(kinda)

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pwrn51 · 6 months

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The common thread that all beauty icons have

Betsy’s guest today is Karen Pudetti, a multi-talented individual known for her international best-selling book “RAGS To RICHES: How Beauty Icons Made It Big” and her ownership of Luxe Salon & Spa and Laser Center. Karen highlights the key traits shared by beauty icons: an unshakable drive, deep passion, and unwavering self-belief. She emphasizes understanding one’s niche, self-promotion,…

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#kickalzheimersassmovement #ADHD children #Beauty #Betsy Wurzel #Entrepneurner #Hair Stylist #Karen Pudetti #non profit #Sales #Tedx Talk

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chronicallycouchbound · 9 months

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A sensory-enriched/dopamine friendly version of this post that’s more accessible to some people’s Flavor of neurodivergence (including mine!) This version of the post is for people with access needs that require more visually engaging content like some people with ADHD or other conditions that require more focus.

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"May Your Hands Always Be Loud

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 5 years old— subsequently I was forced to take various high levels of stimulants, be in special ed classes, taught to have “quiet hands”, bullied for being weird, and over and over was still unable to keep up with neurotypical peers. It was suffocating.

I remember my senior year of high school, I was in alternative education. It was the one and only year I got honors, didn’t fail any classes, and it was the only year I got the accommodations I needed: being able to stim freely in class, listen to music whenever I needed to, arrive late/leave early, able to do homework in class, and whenever I struggled, my teachers checked on me.

Such simple accommodations changed my life. And it wasn’t until after 12 years of continuously failing classes, punished for being the way I am, years lost to being grounded for never being able to have good grades, so much more. I internalized that I was the problem. But I never was. It was the inaccessible world around me.

Let neurodivergent people, children especially, exist as they are. They are beautiful just as they are. May your hands always be loud."]

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aroaceleovaldez · 2 years

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Fun fact! The reason the demigod camp colors are orange and purple specifically is because those are the ADHD awareness colors!

notice the specific shades? those are our t-shirt colors!

Orange is more common for adhd awareness ribbons (thus why it’s used for CHB, the camp we’re first introduced to), but purple is also sometimes used as well (thus why it’s the color of the second camp introduced)! There are even some ADHD pride flag designs that utilize one or both colors.

I’ve also rarely seen ribbons that combine both colors, with one half being orange and the other half being purple.

#pjo #percy jackson #chb #Camp Half-Blood #camp halfblood #i swear ive made a post about this before but i cant remember. anyways ye #i was randomly reminded about this and that it isnt common knowledge but i think its a cool detail #its very important to me how particularly the first series was born out of supporting adhd children #and that's woven into it so deeply! you miss and lose so much when you remove that!#you cant analyze the first series without acknowledging how much of it was built on adhd awareness #albeit early 2000s adhd awareness so some of it is now outdated but still! its so central to the books!#it shapes the worldbuilding and characters so much!#adhd

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chronicsymptomsyndrome · 3 months

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We really can’t be normal about autistic people huh

“can exacerbate autism features” “more severe repetitive behaviors” “tougher time making friends” you mean unmasking?? Yeah masking is fucking exhausting and all-consuming, of course its harder without sleep?? Sleepy allistics also loose ability to give 110%? Sleepy allistics also would do worse on tests of intelligence? What the fuck

Also in case it went unnoticed, the source is called spectrum news dot org so please remember not to mistake name or branding for credibility <3

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oifaaa · 4 months

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Just sitting here thinking about my 8th birthday when my dad got me a fairy book as a gift and I got so upset that I threw it against the wall and wouldn't stop crying until he got me the gift I actually wanted which was a coin counting machine - note I had no coins to put in the coin counting machine I just thought it looked so cool

#i was very reject feminity as a child #that on top of my undiagnosed adhd and dyslexia #meant a pink sparkly book about fairys was the worst thing you could have possibly got me #but yeah thinking about this now #bc im actually sitting here reading the illiad for fun #oh how times change #also children are weird #anybody else ask for weird things as kids or was it just me

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thehmn · 2 years

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Psychiatrist: Does anyone else in your family have ADHD? It often runs in the family.

Me: I don’t know. Nobody ever got diagnosed with it.

Psychiatrist: That’s not unusual. A sign could be criminal activity because people with ADHD seek excitement and have less impulse control if they’re undiagnosed, so petty, non-violent crime is common.

Me: Well, the only criminal was my grandfather who kept robbing corner stores with his hunting rifle and was so well known by the police they’d show up at my grandparents’ apartment first if a corner store nearby got robbed. My mom woke up more than once because a police officer was shining a flashlight in her face in the middle of the night when they were looking for him and the fancy jewlery box in her bedroom was made by my grandfather while he was in prison.

Psychiatrist looking at me silently, then crossing a single thing off on her papers: I…see.

Me: Oh, and my dad bounced his legs a lot when he sat down.

Psychiatrist: Yes…that could be a sign too…

#adhd #my grandfather was quite the character #he was the only man in their block who didn’t hit his wife or children #he had a special middle name that only boys were allowed to have #but he didn’t give a fuck a gave it to his daughters #we still sometimes get calls from angry people #who think it’s wrong for the women in our part of the family to have it #I’m never ever letting go of my middle name because of that #but i digress

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ilovetvtoons · 2 years

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Autistic Marcy.

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