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girl_undoneMarch 2, 2023

There is a big difference between being diagnosed with ADHD and having ADHD.

ADHD is a developmental disorder. It’s not caused by a lack of exercise. Exercise may mitigate symptoms.

ADHD diagnosis in children has way too much to do with how obnoxious adults find the child and too little to do with whether or not the child has ADHD. Everyone knows that all children benefit from exercise. Obviously a population of children that don’t get much exercise is going to have more obnoxious behavior than a population that gets exercise, but that doesn’t mean the rate of ADHD is different in the two populations.

Children with ADHD who aren’t obnoxious and are undiagnosed still struggle. Girls are under diagnosed because they’re not as likely to be obnoxious, but they still struggle.

RikkiTikkiTavi [OP]March 2, 2023(Edited March 2, 2023)

Good point about obnoxious behavior getting noticed. I think a lot of false diagnosis falls under that umbrella.

And also yes, the quiet kids who are struggling are easy to ignore.