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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

You be the judge jury was wrong about ADHD

Woman brushing her teeth
‘Someone with ADHD cannot just choose or decide to change their behaviour.’ Photograph: Getty/iStockphoto

In your article (You be the judge: should my housemate stop brushing her teeth at the kitchen sink?, 18 September), both Raquel’s prosecution and the jury’s verdicts made me feel so sad, as it seemed as if there was so little understanding of what ADHD means to the person who lives with this condition.

As the mother of an adult son who has been diagnosed with ADHD, I have learnt a lot about ADHD from courses (including the excellent online Open University course), various books and podcasts and from listening to my son when he talks about how life feels and works (or sometimes doesn’t work) for him.

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