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Re:Ask HN: Neurodiversity/ADHD Friendly Companies by seba_dos1 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @09:11AM (#30258537)
What if I told you that ADHD actually makes it likely for you to concentrate much more on something that engages you than a typical person, to the point that you almost forget about eating, sleeping or going to the toilet? Having a tendency to hyperfocus is a pretty common ADHD trait.

It's really not that simple. Squishing it all down to "ability to concentrate" isn't just an oversimplification; it misses the point entirely. Having difficulties with concentration on non-engaging tasks is just one of the possible symptoms.

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Re:Ask HN: Neurodiversity/ADHD Friendly Companies by throwaway6532 on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @04:19PM (#30264856)
Exactly. People fundamentally misunderstand it in this very common way and it's such a shame. It's really the difficult in ability to regulate attention which includes both keeping your attention on something (i.e concentration) and your ability to take your attention off something and shift it to something else (i.e hyperfocus).
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Re:Ask HN: Neurodiversity/ADHD Friendly Companies by krono on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:51AM (#30270854)
I do not fundamentally misunderstand this. That would be weird considering my own ADHD combined type diagnosis in the severe range.

Just saying.

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Re:Ask HN: Neurodiversity/ADHD Friendly Companies by krono on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:56PM (#30276775)
Hah wrote that on mobile, looks like it's missing a part.

ADHD Is on a spectrum, which is what I wish people would understand. My diagnosis is in the severe range, and I'm 100% useless without medication. Unable to concentrate or be on time even if my life depended on it.

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