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should i cut this person slack due to their disability? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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so this one girl, i’ll call her ella (19f) is transphobic, homophobic

she lashes out a lot, exaggerates things, and cannot read social cues. however, she has autism and adhd and is mentally much younger.

she also gets mad when i call a trans man “he” and she says “SHE’S A GIRL EVEN THO SHE LOOKS LIKE A MAN LOL”

she says she got her views from her parents and refuses to change because “it’s the way i am”. for someone who was mentally 19, I’d cut contact, but she’s mentally a lot younger.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://honestlyadhd.com/adhd-executive-age/

This seems like a good overview.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was hoping more for studies that illustrate this, not just an article summarizing it all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

All I can do is point you to Dr Barkley's work (he's a trusted authority on ADHD) and the references at the bottom. I know this isn't ideal but I am utterly incapable of reading entire actual scientific papers, it's a miracle when I manage to read articles like this from start to finish - which I know is an issue. Which is also why I tried to hedge my words in my original post (there seems to be evidence).