Affirming
ADHD Isn’t an Attention Deficit. It’s an Attention Regulation Difference. And the Name We Use Matters More Than We Think.
“ADHD isn’t an attention deficit.” That sentence surprises people every time I say it in session. It surprises parents. It surprises the executives I coach. It even surprises clinicians who learned the diagnostic criteria one way and never questioned the label itself. Here’s the problem. The name we