Taylor Keesling

“For someone who has ADD, being bored is like being asphyxiated. It cannot be endured for more than a minute or so. When bored, the person with ADD feels compelled to do something immediately to bring the world back up to speed. Adrenaline”
― Edward M. Hallowell, Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

“Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“Sometimes disabled people overcome specific moments of ableism—
we exceed low expectations, problem-solve lack of access, avoid nursing
homes or long-term psych facilities, narrowly escape police brutality
and prison. However, I’m not sure that overcoming disability itself is an
actual possibility for most of us. Yet in a world that places extraordinary
value in cure, the belief that we can defeat or transcend body-mind
conditions through individual hard work is convenient. Overcoming is
cure’s backup plan.”
― Eli Clare, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure

“To tell a person who has ADD to try harder is about as helpful as telling someone who is nearsighted to squint harder.”
― Edward M. Hallowell, Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder