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3 mins INSIGHTFUL, AND PERTINENT FOR MANY OF OUR LEARNERS: A person with an ADHD nervous system has never been able to use the idea of importance or rewards to start and do a task. They know whats important, they like rewards, and they dont like punishment. But for them, the things that motivate the rest of the world are merely nags. The inability to use importance and rewards to get motivated has a lifelong impact on ADHDers lives: How can those diagnosed with the condition choose between multiple options if they cant use the concepts of importance and financial rewards to motivate them? How can they make major decisions if the concepts of importance and rewards are neither helpful in making a decision nor a motivation to do what they choose? This understanding explains why none of the cognitive and behavioral therapies used to manage ADHD symptoms have a lasting benefit. Researchers view ADHD as stemming from a defective or deficit-based nervous system. I see ADHD stemming from a nervous system that works perfectly well by its own set of rules. Unfortunately, it does not work by any of the rules or techniques taught and encouraged in a neurotypical world. Thats why: ADDers do not fit in the standard school system, which is built on repeating what someone else thinks is important and relevant. ADDers do not flourish in the standard job that pays people to work on what someone else (namely, the boss) thinks is important. ADDers are disorganized, because just about every organizational system out there is built on two things — prioritization and time management — that ADDers do not do well. ADDers have a hard time choosing between alternatives, because everything has the same lack of importance. To them, all of the alternatives look the same. People with an ADHD nervous system know that, if they get engaged with a task, they can do it. Far from being damaged goods, people with an ADHD nervous system are bright and clever. The main problem is that they were given a neurotypical owners manual at birth. It works for everyone else, not for them.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:51:47 +0000

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