Episode 36: ADHD and External Stigma
The ADHD Adults Podcast
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I've Had a DHD for Years, and I'm a Comedian.
There's currently an epidemic of two comedians a week getting diagnosed with a d h d. I've had people directly ask me not to talk about my dhd because they're worried about future employers reading it. One in forty people ofe, eight, exteen, and less than one in four thousand are being treated for it. Half a percent of the people diagnosed, or who reach diagnostic criteria, half a % actually get medication in the u k. And you know that it's ha, it's not the comedian is good. It's that, it, it relies on a stigma that everybody thinks.
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