Mastodawn

"The Telegraph is inciting hatred of disabled kids, again. The right-wing shit rag published a piece suggesting parents are forcing ADHD diagnoses for benefits. Coincidentally, this comes just as the Department of Health and Social Care has published an interim report into their review on whether the condition is overdiagnosed."

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/04/02/adhd-hate-labour-government/

Right-wing media fuel ADHD hate, Labour promote "overdiagnosis" propaganda

Labour wants you to believe ADHD and other conditions are overdiagnosed to engineer consent for when they strip vulnerable people of benefits

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Matthew

@PatternChaser similar to the Reagan administration decrying “welfare queens” picking up welfare checks in their cadillacs. Bill Clinton ended up cutting welfare. Reagan completely defunded long term mental health facilities, resulting in all the homeless people on city streets in the US.

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PatternChaser 13h ago

@MatthewChat Thankfully, I live in a *slightly* more civilised country (UK) than the uncaring USA, but things are not hugely better here either. The statistics show that many more prisoners have 'mental health' issues than the average 'man in the street', perhaps indicating that these people are being imprisoned instead of given the help they need (and deserve?). 😢 😡