Brett Greene explains that ADHD brains don't lack attention, they focus it differently. What looks like spacing out is actually a shift in focus. He argues neurotypical expectations create confusion, and that ADHD brains can produce remarkable results when their unique processing is recognized instead of pathologized.
You might feel like you're dropping the ball. You have imposter syndrome. You have masking. What might look to somebody as daydreaming or spacing off or not paying attention, you're actually paying a lot of attention, just not to what they think you're supposed to pay attention to. What ADHD folks face is people being confused because things they think are basic and normal in the neurotypical operating system don't occur for us. You understand that people process information differently, you change this unspoken assumption that there's a way to do it. If we're actually outcome-focused, there's amazing things that can happen, and the only reason it's not happening is just simply a lack of education.
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