[lysp]

Stopped reading at "treatable with glasses."

I'm old enough to remember when vision impairment was invented. To sell glasses.

Granted some people have difficulty seeing. I'm one of them. But I've only heard of people in the US getting glasses for something which is basically a lack of looking hard enough.

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Your response was ablest, dismissive and quite offensive.

1. ADHD was first described in 1798 by Sir Alexander Crichton

2. It is a neuro-developmental disorder where there is dysregulation of dopamine and norepinephrine receptors in the brain

3. It is identifiable via MRI scans where size differences were noted in specific areas of the brain (Caudate nucleus, Putamen, Nucleus accumbens, Amygdala, Hippocampus) [1]

4. It is about 80% heritable [2]. So genetics for inheriting ADHD from your parents is about equivalent to genetics from height which is also around 80%.

The "meds" increase the intensity of dopamine signals to a level that allows the brain to react to them, rather than being too low for them to be detected.

[1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170216105919.h...

[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7046577/

[SanjayMehta]

Comparing poor eyesight which is physically measurable in a reproducible manner with "ADHD" is a false equivalence.

[lysp]

> 3. It is identifiable via MRI scans

[SanjayMehta]

I don't even know what "ableist" means.