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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Even the ADHD diagnosis is a joke......it's an invented condition to make parents feel better about their children's deficiencies.[/quote]

ADHD is not an invented condition.  My kid has it and is a math whiz - he's accelerated by two grades and one of the top students in his class.  But for subjects he doesn't like, it is an incredible struggle to get him to sit still and focus on completing work.  Extra time doesn't help, and I don't think he needs it, but breaks to move around help a bit.  He also can't cross a street without a traffic light safely, despite being 11 years old, and almost a year and a half of practice, because he has no impulses control.  ADHD is real.[/quote]

Are we sure that ADHD is a disability covered under the ADA?

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-qa/pages/cms_011495.aspx

https://www.upcounsel.com/list-of-disabilities-covered-under-ada

.  A diagnosis of ADHD is not enough to qualify for protection under the ADHD, however. To qualify for coverage, the disorder must significantly impact an individual's ability to perform major life activities or functions and the individual must be regarded as having a disability and have a record of having been viewed as disabled.  
http://www.disabilityresource.org/47-adhd-and-the-protection-under-the-ada

In some cases yes. I’m other cases no. 
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