I really have to wonder the extent of damage that does on people, especially kids. Because for the ones that are "normal" and are just being brats, they're getting rewarded, but if you have a disorder, you're punished? Mixed signals. Never good.

I mean, for instance, I had teachers saying in class you had to study, and then some of my classmates getting by simply because they absorb everything they hear. I wasn't ever taught how to study. I was warned I'd need to learn, but no one offered to teach me. I just get frustrated that teaching has mostly become "stand up at the front of the class and reread some notes".

Also, you know how you're distracted by sound? It's my focus mechanism. Headphones on, tune everything out. Has really helped my mood, too. But everyone has issues, clinical or otherwise.

~Cendri