ADHDFamilies

From Youth For Human Rights - Boston.

Apparently, there is a school board member in the Boston Area somewhere who has also deemed themselves to be both a clinical researcher and a psychotherapist. Said educator is pushing the doctrine of “drug free” and states that there is no empirical evidence that ADHD is actually a disease.

To Quote:

ADHD has never been proven to be a neuro-developmental disease by any of the currently acceptable scientific standards. There is a lack of empirical evidence (meaning it cannot be repeated, tested, measured, or verified) that ADHD is a disease by definition. Therefore, to make such a claim is fraudulent.

Let me fill you in on something, sparky. ADHD is not a disease. ADHD is a disorder. Just for kicks, let’s go for the definition of that word:

• An abnormality in mental or physical health. In this module, disorder is used as a synonym for illness.
  science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih5/mental/other/glossary.htm

And there you have it. A disorder is an abnormality. Again, just a bit of common sense applied to the subject, from someone who carries this disorder around with him all day long. I do not think like “normal” people. In that sense you may call the way my mind functions a disorder if you choose to do so. It really doesn’t bother me.

What bothers me is that for some reason you people have decided to take an extremely left wing approach to what I’ve traditionally thought of as a right wing issue. Banning medication is not the answer. Finding out whether or not this is an evolutionary step is far more reasonable.

In conclusion, (and pardon me if this was a tad incoherent. I have had enough of schools pretending to know what’s best for my children!) Mr. or Ms. School board Member. Please refrain form engagin in sciences outside your field. There are trained professionals available to help these parents and their children find the best possible path they can. At times this may involve medication, but I hardly see where evangelizing a different point of vue from a position of respect is actually helping anything but your own hubris.