“Why are so many adults now being diagnosed with ADHD?” “I’m sorry but all this ADHD doesn’t add up.” “ADHD is the latest 'must-have' mental health condition. “The ADHD self-diagnosis ‘industry’ offering a quick fix that doesn’t exist.”
These are not just the blatherings of middle-aged ableists, but just four of the numerous headlines about ADHD in the last three weeks.
It’s also coincidentally been that long since I was told by the head of standards and regulation at The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) that there was no remit for creating guidelines for reporting disability. Can you see where I’m going with this?
