adhd.credits

Original.

Inspiration.

Stolen.

AI.

Thank you’s.

  1. Flickering animation inspired by the website “lo.cafe”
  2. adhd.cafe domain is either inspired by lo.cafe or gradcafe.
  3. Gemini AI used in creating pictures — two illustrations, and the cup.
  4. Website created with Claude code’s help.
  5. Thanks to Abby Jandro for making me come across the book “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”!
  6. “ProgMess” (Progress + Mess) is taken from the show Ted Lasso.

People with ADHD are often referred to as “them” or “those kids” in clinical or educational settings. By calling myself “them,” I am reclaiming that outsider or marginalised label as part of my identity.

When I say, ‘and somehow, ‘inspire us,’’ I am directly mocking the media’s obsession with the “overcoming” narrative and the dominant way society relates to disabled people through the idea that they exist to inspire “us.”

The idea for this introductory line came to me while reading Beginning with Disability: A Primer, edited by Lennard J. Davis (page 10).