Yes and no. I knew a guy that was biking and had an accident. He lost his legs. He because an athlete, did sailing and climbed mountain and stuff. He still couldn't use a normal bike. Do you get what I mean? You can do self-help as much as you want but you can't ask a blind person to look at the sky.

Or more like you can ask, but you'll probably get a blank stare.

Sorry for the bad joke

[+] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com -15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is only true under the assumption that ADHD is only to the detriment of the person. I don't believe that to be true at all. Unlike e.g. missing a leg or being blind, which don't really give any benefits at all, many people with ADHD are also very successful because it to drives them somewhere and makes them act because they simply have to.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thanks for telling us you don't have a clue what psychiatric disorders are, because that's what you just announced by claiming ADHD is actually a benefit.

Sure, some people with ADHD are successful despite their condition. Some people who are blind or paralyzed are successful despite their conditions, too. But that should never be the standard against which all people with those conditions are measured. That's ableism.

And if you don't consider psychiatric disorders to be "real" disabilities, then fuck you, plain and simple.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

You're clearly not reading what I'm writing, so I'll try being more clear.

The behavior ADHD brings out actually has the potential to be a benefit. Whether or not it is for the individual is dependent on a lot of other factors, much of it during upbringing. I already stated this, I'm fully aware of it being a problem more often than not. But the potential for it to be a benefit is absolutely there. Being blind has no potential to be an actual benefit for you...ever.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago

I don't know, Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder were pretty awesome. Lotsa great blues musicians were blind. If they could see they woulda had to work instead of making music.

That's the level your logic is on.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

i mean being able to hyperfocus is nice but when i'm in a lot of pain or sleep deprived i hyperfocus on pain and that suuuuucks

[–] toad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Well i'm very good at my job because i hate bad interface. I'm "sucessful". Going to the bank is still extremely stressful for me. I don't think it's a superpower. These conditions are charzcterized by spikey profile with disabilities in some stuff and exceptional abilities in other

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

What am I supposed to do when there's enough bullshit happening to make a neurotypical stumble, and I just don't have the working memory and focus to keep up with 3-4 things at once?

There's no "I didn't want to" in there.