I realize my comment above can be read as "time dyslexia is the whole problem with ADHD" and that was not my intention. Thanks for your perspective!
I also totally agree that ADHD-ers know what time is.
That said, ADHD is a thing I have to deal with and for me and a number of those I know who have ADHD, "time dyslexia" is a very good explanation for a subset of the problems we observe.
> They absolutely cannot work on the task no matter how hard they try. They have not forgotten. They are not slacking off. They literally just can't do it. Their brain refuses to think about it, their body refuses to move for it. They don't have the willpower or the motivation for it. They are trapped. They are completely unable to make any progress because their brain will not let them.
Here it is you who are taking agency away from ADHD-ers.
Many can, it just takes a lot more effort than for other students/workers.
Things I have seen working:
- restricting oneself heavily so that the work at hand becomes the only possible thing to do
- conjuring up reasons why something is intersting
- pair programming
- various ways of sneaking up to the subject (start by fixing a few small issues, them improve a unit test, then make a small prototype, then take a look at the actual problem in question)
- gamification
- etc
I also totally agree that ADHD-ers know what time is.
That said, ADHD is a thing I have to deal with and for me and a number of those I know who have ADHD, "time dyslexia" is a very good explanation for a subset of the problems we observe.
> They absolutely cannot work on the task no matter how hard they try. They have not forgotten. They are not slacking off. They literally just can't do it. Their brain refuses to think about it, their body refuses to move for it. They don't have the willpower or the motivation for it. They are trapped. They are completely unable to make any progress because their brain will not let them.
Here it is you who are taking agency away from ADHD-ers.
Many can, it just takes a lot more effort than for other students/workers.
Things I have seen working:
- restricting oneself heavily so that the work at hand becomes the only possible thing to do
- conjuring up reasons why something is intersting
- pair programming
- various ways of sneaking up to the subject (start by fixing a few small issues, them improve a unit test, then make a small prototype, then take a look at the actual problem in question)
- gamification
- etc