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@autismsupsoc I lol'd, although it's a bit weird to see #ADHD described as "kinetic", since most often all the thoughts buzzing around in my head make me go non-verbal and I just sit there like a zombie unable to react. I mean, I guess the kinetic stuff is still there, but you would never know it from the outside.
@holly @autismsupsoc I do think there's a danger with using #kinetic and #ADHD interchangeably. People with primarily inattentive/'dreamy' forms of ADD are already too often overlooked and left undiagnosed/untreated; if we change the name to further emphasize the physical motion aspect, are we making it even more difficult for those people to get the help they need?
@lmgenealogy @autismsupsoc Yes! I was exactly that dreamy, quiet, staring out the window kid. And yep, not diagnosed until I was in my 40's. (And then they did a QB test and I was off the charts on both inattentiveness and hyperactivity, lol.) But yeah, the most you'll notice of my hyperactivity is my leg shaking if I happen to bump the table.
@holly @autismsupsoc I suspect that most of us non-kinetic types are still moving all the time, it's just that we're fidgeting rather than jumping off of furniture and swinging from chandaliers.