[Tireings]

My ADHD is not a disability or an illness.

It's a brain pattern / way of thinking which doesn't fit the avg societies expectations.

It's a disability when it hinders me lifting my life but even then you allow the narrative be written by the others.

[Yizahi]

And my ADHD (rather severe) is both a disability and an illness, and it sucks. It affects my wellbeing in all possible senses and I know it without projecting blame on some virtual "others". It can be even mitigate with medicines, because it is literally a disorder throwing off my internal body chemistry balance off.

It is no different than say diabetes T2. Both are diseases which are caused by wrong levels something essential, both can be mitigated by a treatment which changes levels of that something. Both have significant societal impact on a life of the affected person. Yet, there is no doubt in the social networks that T2 is an illness, while ADHD is for some reason not afforded as much.