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Cake day: March 15th, 2026

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  • While the graph is not made on any actual dirrctly linked data set I would still say it has more meat to it than just being nice. It’s very much over simplified especially the “improved diagnostic and understanding” part.

    That metric alone is at odds with its self in that our understanding of neurodivergence vastly out paces diagnostics. When most hear the term diagnosics they think of fancy medical devices that give either a yes or no answer which is completely the opposite of what is actually done. There is essentially a book with a set of “symptoms” that a group of doctors have agreed upon that ones doctor uses to comapre their patient to. While that sounds fine its far from flawless.

    • The list of acknowledged symptoms is only updated every X amount of years (iirc its like 5 years but I’m on my phone so hard to check)
    • Many of major issues/symptoms people face are completely mental therefore invisible with no way to test for them (atm)
    • Much of the “testing” can be very opinion based even if it’s based on something objective therefore finding a doctor who is the least bias.

    (i could go on but need to stop procrstinating)

    All of this doesn’t even touch on thr social or economic aspects too.

    Back even just 26 years being diagnosed with ASD, ADD, or, ADHD came with heavy stigmas with many parents refusing to get kids tested because if it was “positive that means there’s something wrong with my kid”

    Also there could be a huge drop in current diagosis due to political persicution.

    Depending on where you are it can be cost inhibitive.








  • It’s not a problem in the sense that you can “fix” it. If you try really hard you can train yourself to notice when you jump mental tracks then possibly steer yourself back to the main line. At the same time even if you have if it’s a topic you’re really excited about? pfffff good fucking luck. Other external factors can also make it next to impossible to do anything about.

    That’s just how our brains work.

    Honestly some of the best conversations I’ve had were with my best friend who also has ADHD. Good fucking luck following those conversations if you aren’t neurospicy. We just embrace that we are enjoying the conversation so it does matter if the conversation started about D&D and 10 min later we are talking about tacos being to salty. -shrug- we will probably get back to D&D if we are exposed to the stimulus that started the conversation.