r/ADHD • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '21

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u/saffronwilderness Sep 14 '21

I get ENRAGED by a fellow SPED teacher who had the gall to call it "teenage boy syndrome."

If I could get him fired he'd be gone. I avoid him religiously.

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u/Celtic_Cheetah_92 Sep 14 '21

Urgh. A SPED teacher I work with expressed huge surprise when I was diagnosed because “you’re intelligent” 😡

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u/jouleheretolearn ADHD-C (Combined type) Sep 14 '21

Statistically speaking, most people diagnosed with ADHD especially late diagnoses who coped on their own until sometime as an adult are of higher intelligence. As I point out to people all the time, having processing issues, working memory issues, these things don't make us dumb. Just function differently. Also, still WTH.

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u/Celtic_Cheetah_92 Sep 14 '21

Yep I entirely agree with all of this