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Originally Posted by Das Boot
What percentage of people born post-~1990 and growing up with relatively free internet access wouldn't score somewhere on the ADHD spectrum on that test? 10%? 20%? (Obviously skewed heavily towards the attention deficit rather than hyperactive side.)
eta: could be far off based on my own personal sample. Some of those questions, though. "Do you ever have trouble focusing on school, work, or any task?" Who doesn't?
We were having this discussion at our work just this last week actually (our job is a middle school/high school tutoring service) and the problem is definitely there.
Too often they "nod yes" or say "ok" when we explain something, but their gazes wander, and 5 seconds later it's "wait, how do we do it again?".
On top of that the other tutors tell me their students talk about how in social situations now these same kids and their friends are texting/doing whatever on their phone in groups at school during free time. Rarely/no talking, just them being in a group and texting to each other. You have to wonder how far behind this generation's social skills will be