"I see a lot of young people – people in their 20s or 30s who have long lists of medical labels. I feel that labels being given to things that were not considered to be medical problems."
Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan's book The Age of Diagnosis challenges the assumptions behind the increased diagnosis of conditions such as long Covid, autism and ADHD.
When Michael was a child, doctors diagnosed him as having attention deficit disorder and prescribed Ritalin. His parents, however, realized their son just needed an outlet for his extreme intelligence, the LA Times article said. His father, Kevin, described Michael as "a 32-bit kid in an 8-bit world."
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: And how his life progressed because his dad ignored that label.
At age 4 months, could ask his parents, "What's for dinner?" At 8 months, learned to read. At 4 years, joined Mensa, whose members have IQs in the top 2 percent of the population. At 6 years, earned his high school certificate and enrolled in Santa Rosa Junior College.
At age 8, received his associates degree. At 10, earned his bachelor's degree from USA. At 14, earned a master's degree in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University. At 18, earned a master's degree in computer science from Vanderbilt University. At 22, earned his doctorate in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University.
He does comedy improv. Which does require rapid wit and creativity.
“He decided to share his collection of useless information with the world of Improv, where all sorts of strange beasts and mutants live. They have accepted him as one of their own, and allowed his hair to grow long, and his freak flag to fly high.”
"I see a lot of young people – people in their 20s or 30s who have long lists of medical labels.
I feel that labels being given to things that were not considered to be medical problems."
Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan's book The Age of Diagnosis challenges the assumptions behind the increased diagnosis of conditions such as long Covid, autism and ADHD.
Hence the new culture of identity politics and the power for those who harness that.
Labels used to gain control, segregate, create victims, assemble tribes to be exploited politically.
When Michael was a child, doctors diagnosed him as having attention deficit disorder and prescribed Ritalin. His parents, however, realized their son just needed an outlet for his extreme intelligence, the LA Times article said. His father, Kevin, described Michael as "a 32-bit kid in an 8-bit world."
200 IQ labeled ADHD.
At age 4 months, could ask his parents, "What's for dinner?"
At 8 months, learned to read.
At 4 years, joined Mensa, whose members have IQs in the top 2 percent of the population.
At 6 years, earned his high school certificate and enrolled in Santa Rosa Junior College.
At 10, earned his bachelor's degree from USA.
At 14, earned a master's degree in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University.
At 18, earned a master's degree in computer science from Vanderbilt University.
At 22, earned his doctorate in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University.
“He decided to share his collection of useless information with the world of Improv, where all sorts of strange beasts and mutants live. They have accepted him as one of their own, and allowed his hair to grow long, and his freak flag to fly high.”
He's an Irishman. By name at least.
Michael KEARNEY.
The Irish name Kearney, an anglicized version of the Gaelic surname Ó Cearnaigh, means "victorious" or "triumphant".