I would like to see more accurate portrayals of ADHD in books.
Rick Riordan does a decent(?) job, but it's not really portrayed except in convenience. And that bugs me. Sure I'm glad for the thought that if I were ever attacked my ADHD would help in a fight like it apparently does for a Demigod, but it's really innacurate, and bugs me.
ADHD is a constant thing. CONSTANT. And there are many ways it can be shown too…
So, mini rant there, hope it get's my point across.
Yeah, I agree. It just kinda magically disappears until it's time for badass battle reflexes.
I have at least one character who's explicitly mentioned to have ADHD and a few more who probably do as well.
Seconding what Jynnie and Fangirl said about autism. . I'm on the spectrum myself and I find that I rarely connect with autistic characters because they're all just stereotypes. There's so many different ways that autism can manifest in a person, but we always see the same recycled cutouts and its so frustrating.
Also, I'd really like to see more epilepsy but like… done well. I feel like it's often just treated as a cheap plot device. Like, can we please stop with the character whose basically able bodied until the author decides there needs to be a conveniently timed seizure to shake things up a little bit? Maybe this needs to be said about other disabilities as well, but don't just talk about the symptoms. Someone with epilepsy is going to be worrying about a whole lot of stuff that an able bodied person won't be, so do your research maybe? Sorry for the mini rant I read one (1) book with bad rep and I'm still bitter
But if anyone is interested, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue had some A+ epilepsy rep.
Big agree! I don't think I've ever read a book with an epileptic major character but I've been meaning to check out Gentleman's Guide!
ADHD, Autism, and Epilepsy are all actually things I've been wanting to give characters, but honestly I don't know where to start with any of those.
I've written a character having a seizure, and he'd had them before, but it wasn't epilepsy. It was a side effect of magic power overuse (I had various side effects associated with different types of powers).
Big agree! I don't think I've ever read a book with an epileptic major character but I've been meaning to check out Gentleman's Guide!
Not saying you should just drop whatever you're doing and get your hands on a copy… but maybe consider it lol :P It was probably one of my top 5 reads of this year.
ADHD, Autism, and Epilepsy are all actually things I've been wanting to give characters, but honestly I don't know where to start with any of those.
I definitely don't mind answering any questions that you (or anyone else) has about epilepsy or autism. Might be worth talking to other people as well since both of those things can vary from person to person. I've found though that sites like WebMD are good for researching symptoms, but sites like Reddit and Quora are also great for learning what it's like to live with certain conditions.
Yeah, I definitely try to look for individuals' real life experiences after I look up the symptoms because you do have to be careful to not be mechanical about portraying a condition, if you know what I mean. Like it's more than the symptoms, there's also a person there.
ADHD, Autism, and Epilepsy are all actually things I've been wanting to give characters, but honestly I don't know where to start with any of those.
I've written a character having a seizure, and he'd had them before, but it wasn't epilepsy. It was a side effect of magic power overuse (I had various side effects associated with different types of powers).
I have autism (Aspergers) and ADHD. If you have any questions about them, feel free to shoot me a PM!
ADHD, Autism, and Epilepsy are all actually things I've been wanting to give characters, but honestly I don't know where to start with any of those.
I've written a character having a seizure, and he'd had them before, but it wasn't epilepsy. It was a side effect of magic power overuse (I had various side effects associated with different types of powers).
I can give you advice for the ADHD stuff if you want?
Go to our PM and ask away then!
One type I'd like to see more of is aphasia, be it Broca's, Wernicke's, or Anomic Aphasia, or any others. It's just really interesting, and could use more rep.
ADHD, Autism, Tourette’s, Alzheimers, short or long term memory loss.
I would like to see a books go through an accurate dissociative identity disorder, Schizophrenic, Dissociative Amnesia, and much more. I haven't seen books ever go in depth with deaf characters, I think that would be an interesting to read about.
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