I imagine, when the first diagnoses came in, people were not aware that they experienced life differently than others. They probably assumed that everyone else struggled just as much, but somehow was better at it. At least, that still seems to be a common theme when kids get diagnosed today.

And so, of course, past kids didn't go to the doctor for what they assumed to be normal, but rather got sent there by teachers who described what they saw from the outside.

I guess, I mainly take issue with this post implying that Big They™ intentionally chose a bad name, when there's a fairly simple explanation why this would happen without a conspiracy.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 8 points 3 days ago

Sitting still for more than a few minutes wasn't a requirement for most people until very recently... You could just be "energetic" or "absent minded" or whatever. Maybe you often get distracted or are disorganized, that's not a disorder, that's just a disposition

It didn't really become a mental disorder until sitting and paying attention for 6+ hours a day became something everyone must do. And then it wasn't the kids complaining that anyone cared about, they were trying to "fix" disruptive or inattentive kids

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

Big They™

It's a good thing I don't care about IP law and trademarks, because I'm gonna have to steal that

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't see anything conspiratorial in the post. It's the usual pattern of medical advancements focusing on certain types of people over others. Same thing happens with women, POC, etc, etc, etc. It not (usually) being an active, conscious choice to do so doesn't mean it's not a problem.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The conspiratorial part is really just the non-descript they/them in "it's so obvious they named it based on how we inconvenience them".

All conspiracy theories work that way. You establish a badly demarcated group of supposedly evil people, like the Illuminati, the Jews, the Witches, the Immigrants, the Trans Community, the Doctors Without ADHD That Named ADHD.
And then you blame it on that group whenever anything bad happens, without coming up with a real explanation, because well, they're evil, of course they would do that.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, that's not what's happening here. Not really sure why you're so insistent that it is, but it's not useful or kind.