Hello. I don't have AD/HD, but while I'm doing research for accommodations (ex. Extra time for test, not housing) for me and how to get them in university since I will be there next year (fall, 2017), I see there is all this specific information for people with adult AD/HD and it gets its own special category and everything. Like, even autism (which I do have) doesn't have this special recognition and is clumped under psychological conditions even though AD/HD and ASD are both neurodevelopmental disorders.

Anyways, but in high schools, there is no special category and it's very hard to get accommodations for AD/HD because schools like to say that medication can "fix" difficulties that are part of AD/HD, and everyone wonders if AD/HD should go under learning disability or behaviour category (or emotional disturbance, though I HATE this name). In high school, autism has its own category.

I was just wondering why universities are more accepting of people with AD/HD compared to elementary and high schools? Is it because less people have adult AD/HD? Is it because it's so common now? Or is it because schools don't understand how much AD/HD affects learning? It's a very complex issue, but I'm trying to understand it a bit. Thanks for any help [emoji3].

Social anxiety disorder, ASD, GAD, OCD, and panic disorder

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