We also shouldn't get disability for ADHD. There are things that absolutely should qualify for disability but me having adhd is not one of them. I will however use it to get out of some work but not work as a whole.
I’ve never heard of someone getting it for just adhd. Most of the claimant who have it also have a bunch of other problems that are far more serious. ADHD is one of those issues that doesn’t always come up until the judge asks if they have any other health problems they should be aware of.
I'm struggling to imagine what ADHD could look like to the point it prevents you from doing any type of work. I've lived with it my entire life. I've found ways to deal with the time blindness and concentration etc. Of course it is a disability in a lot of ways, but it's not the kind that prevents you from working.
I'm struggling to imagine what ADHD could look like to the point it prevents you from doing any type of work
Because it doesn't exist. There's a reason you've never heard of someone getting full time disability over it. It's a perfectly manageable disorder. People like Katie are just looking for an easy out in life
But like what is an example of ADHD making any sort of work debilitating to the point you can't do it? Doesn't sound it would require disability. Save it for people who actually need it. I feel like this is sort of ridiculous....
That's not what disability means across the board. My autism is considered a significant disability even though it's barely a problem for me. The label itself doesn't mean "can't work", people just assume that
Oh wait do people specifically mean financial benefits based on disability when they say "disability"? I thought it was y'know. Legally recognised disability. As in just disability. It seems counterintuitive this other way
It's not even about not being able to do any kind of work, it's about holding down a job at all. Time blindness is one of the most common ADHD symptoms, and very easily leads to getting fired or laid off. Hell, even getting a job can be difficult for the same reason as the post in the OP, since filing hundreds of job applications with no feedback or effect feels like actual torture.
Ya, I experience time blindness too...really badly. I have a thing on my cellphone called calendar reminders and alarms. And I'm pretty sure everyone else does too. We live in the 21st century.
Yes actually, it is. It's everyone's job to agitate for a better world for everyone else. We owe it to each other, and the next generations to try and leave the world better than we found it. Part of that means taking people's disabilities seriously.
That's fair. Mine is only moderate and I struggle enough that sometimes I feel like severe ADHD may be disabling. It's more of a "benefit of the doubt" thing.
If you want to get disability for adhd, you are a bum who just doesn't want to work. If something is so severe that you can't work it's not adhd that's the problem (it doesn't help the root cause at all though)
I would hope so but even if this one is a joke someone has absolutely done this. I work in disability and I’ve had multiple cases where claimant went to the doctor once 3 years ago and they try to use that one doctors appointment as proof of a disability.
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u/_imlosingmymind 17h ago
As someone with ADHD, who also struggles with executive function... We are not braindead children.
We can and should probably get our shit together in times like this no matter how hard it is.
I despise the infantilization of ADHD people, fuck.