"ADHD sufferers"

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I am applying for a job. Is this daft/patronizing/normal, as a phrasing? Is there a better one, besides "children with ADHD", which I've used already?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

Try "the ADHD Holocaust."

― Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

adhd rollercoaster riders

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

spazzes

― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

"The Afflicted"

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

peoplegonnathinkyesthey'regonnathinkpeoplegonnathinkyou'reSPAZZ.

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

A serious answer - I wouldn't bat an eyelid at the phrase, and I deal with it at work every day.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)

Thanks Si!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 17 April 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)

"People who are uniquely capable of paying attention"

"hyper-enthusiastic self-starters"

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:04 (twenty years ago)

I'd stick with "people/children with ADHD". But that's very boring of me.

― Mingus Realty (noodle vague), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:09 (twenty years ago)

i prefer "all-ADD'd-out"

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:18 (twenty years ago)

I am quite sure that Si is correct to note that within a particular mileau this term would be passed over as unremarkable. My own writerly preference would be to reserve this terminology to contexts where the actual symptoms of ADHD are being addressed and the fact of their suffering is pertinent.

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:57 (twenty years ago)

"Y'know, that thing that gives bad kids an excuse to be bad"

― S- (sgh), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

Why is this post so long.

― Fluffy Bear Hearts...What's that? Shiny! (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

http://ilx.wh3rd.net/newanswers.php?board=1

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:41 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

My sister recently started ritalin and she says she's a lot nicer now.

― Veteran of the Psychic Wars (Abbott), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 16:08 (seventeen years ago)

it sounds like you have been unable to verify these claims

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 8 April 2009 16:12 (seventeen years ago)

Generally, you should put the person first, and the condition second, so as not to define the person by the condition. "People with ADHD" would be more appropriate than ADHD Sufferers.

― Jenny, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 16:16 (seventeen years ago)

twelve years pass...

Spent the night reading this thread - thanks to everyone past and present who posted.

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 25 February 2022 08:00 (four years ago)

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