LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoInteresting theorypiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down18
arrow-up1354arrow-down1imageInteresting theorypiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·13 days agoBack then, nobody diagnosed ADHD, either. My mother was sent away by psychiatrists telling her to get her shit together as a parent.
minus-squaresicarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·13 days agoThis, and to stop giving your kids sweets.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoDepends on what years we are talking. It was absolutely a thing in the mid 80s. Even in a pretty backwards place there was push for the inconvenient kids to try to get on Ritalin. School thought it would be a miracle solution for dealing with kids.
Back then, nobody diagnosed ADHD, either. My mother was sent away by psychiatrists telling her to get her shit together as a parent.
This, and to stop giving your kids sweets.
Depends on what years we are talking. It was absolutely a thing in the mid 80s. Even in a pretty backwards place there was push for the inconvenient kids to try to get on Ritalin. School thought it would be a miracle solution for dealing with kids.