I’ll start by saying I’m not sure I have a point. But memes like this make me uncomfortable. It makes me wonder what the line is. Most people lean on at least one of these things as a crutch. It’s full-on not an ADHD thing. I think it strikes at a deeper thing centering around the fact that the way we’ve constructed society means that most people don’t fit into the system we’re in, and I guess it’s a style of Foucault to say we’ve expanded “adhd/autism” to encompass many people who’s diagnosis is that they don’t fit into the way we’ve constructed our society.
I think what I’m saying is: when I see these types of memes my question is instantly: who do we assume is ADHD/autistic? Is it most people? What does that say for the diagnosis vs what is the norm? Especially when people are diagnosing themselves based on these memes.
I’ll start by saying I’m not sure I have a point. But memes like this make me uncomfortable. It makes me wonder what the line is. Most people lean on at least one of these things as a crutch. It’s full-on not an ADHD thing. I think it strikes at a deeper thing centering around the fact that the way we’ve constructed society means that most people don’t fit into the system we’re in, and I guess it’s a style of Foucault to say we’ve expanded “adhd/autism” to encompass many people who’s diagnosis is that they don’t fit into the way we’ve constructed our society.
I think what I’m saying is: when I see these types of memes my question is instantly: who do we assume is ADHD/autistic? Is it most people? What does that say for the diagnosis vs what is the norm? Especially when people are diagnosing themselves based on these memes.