These "ADHD wouldn't be a disability if society were different" takes are driving me to frustration because uh you haven't met MY adhd, I guess!!?
Here are some things ADHD makes difficult for me:

- Socializing. Someone is talking. I want to listen!! I'm interested in what they're saying. But my brain is doing something else right now. When will it be finished? Who knows. Maybe tomorrow.
- Eating. I'm not hungry, I'm busy doing something interesting! OH MY GOD, IT'S HOURS LATER AND I'M STARVING. I need food now! No time to prep or cook, only enough energy to eat! How do???
- Reading. Haha, I haven't read a book in years. I hate it. *cries*
- Doing Things. There's a thing I want to do! But it's like 47 discrete steps that will take 17 days to accomplish (minimum) and I don't know how to do that because I need short little tasks that push my Good Feelings button when I complete them.
- Invisibility! Where is that note I wrote? I put it somewhere and then immediately forgot what I wrote down and where I put it. (It's on the bathroom mirror but it's now invisible to my brain. Cool!! Cool.)
I COULD GO ON. I love my ridiculous brain but yeah ADHD is a disability for me and a restructuring of society isn't going to make me no longer disabled. More accommodations are great! Still disabled.
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