• TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I thought having grown up with ADD and having developed my own coping mechanisms and strategies would help me raise an ADD child. Holy shit it is so hard.

    • Murdoc@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      I believe it’s called internalized ablism. Adopting the belief structures of neurotypicals because for most of our lives we didn’t know that there was any other way. It’s a lot of work digging those roots out of there.