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Hi there everyone. I have just started my blog on Substack. Here is my first blog post. Please go and read it. #ADHD is the topic. I want to write about ADHD.
open.substack.com/pub/craigleste…
ADHDDude
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- This water colour is by Claude Monet. What a genius he truly was. 😍😍
- FUMING! My daughter has a detention arranged because she dared to message me yesterday to collect her from school because she was not well. This is against school policy apparently. My daughter has told us kids can be vomiting in the toilets and kids don’t go home. Unacceptable.
- Ending PIP will literally kill thousands of disabled people. Thousands. More blood on the hands of Tories. Even if they don’t implement this, the very thought may send people into despair and suicide. Fuck the Tories. I hope they all experience the worst Karma can give them.
- My wife is very much neurodivergent and she is a veterinarian. Right through her career she has had colleagues assume a great many things about her that are completely different wrong. My wife says very little and does not engage in conflict often. Today she had a colleague /
- With all the discussion focused on disability benefits, there is nothing being said about Carer’s Allowance: if a person loses PIP, their carers will lose their Carer’s Allowance. This needs to be mentioned! It will create destitution not seen in decades.
- I have been discussing #ADHD as a disability and a disorder, and this has ruffled many people’s feathers. I argue that ADHD is a deficit disorder. People don’t like hearing that, so I want to bring up things that I know make ADHD unpleasant to live with: relationships. /1
- My daughter has been graded at karate today and got blue belt! She has been doing Karate for 3 years and never misses a class. Very proud of her.
- All this bullshit about children’s school attendance is so far removed from reality. Just witnessed a year 7 boy arriving at school - he was late - clinging to his dad, crying, trying to hide his face under his jacket’s hood. That is not normal. I am so upset at seeing that.
- Replying to @DudeAdhdI have experienced much the same in my past career, and it is tantamount to bullying and this is typical of NT individuals thinking that ND individuals are “slow”, “stupid” or “incompetent”. When we react the wrong way, we get blamed for our behaviour. I am fuming for my wife.
- Replying to @DudeAdhdMy wife is highly methodical, highly pragmatic and does not simply act without owner consent - except of course in an emergency. In an emergency, my wife is calm and collected, able to see what is needed to save the patient. /
- Replying to @DudeAdhdtake over a patient, which made her really angry. My wife has been in contact with the owner, yet her colleague has decided to proceed with putting the patient on fluids - and has not discussed this with the owner. This is not acceptable professional practice. /
- How does this add up to £17 at Tesco? All fresh stuff for tea and it comes to £17! It is near impossible for a poor family to buy fresh produce at Tesco! 🤬
