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They Denied Her ADHD Because She Was Disciplined, Studious… and Indian

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self-esteem. Her inner critic told her that she was stupid.“I would have felt fine getting average grades if I knew I did not put in effort, but I was doing just that,” she said. “When my friends studied for an hour or so, they would get a high A-grade; I would study for four or five hours and receive a low B.

It didn’t make sense to me why these things seemed easier for others.”To many people, a “struggling” student is the class clown or an emotionally unstable child, usually a male — and typically not of Asian descent.

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