Hank's sensory processing disorder and ADHD (2017)

story · status: followed over 2 videos (2017–2021) · last event: update (2021-04-16)

In 2017 Hank told how he was diagnosed as a little kid with a sensory dysfunction and asked whether he has ADHD. By 2021 he said he has sensory processing disorder and ADHD, and that luck, the right tools and support turned them into assets.

About: Sensory processing disorder, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

date	event	what	video
2017-03-10	first in the videos (retold; it began earlier)	Hank says that as a little kid he was diagnosed with a learning disability, a sensory dysfunction.	Do I Have ADHD? 00:00:00
2021-04-16	update	Hank, who would have had a very different life without computers, has sensory processing disorder and ADHD and reads slower than the average ninth grader; luck in timing, the right tools and support turned possible liabilities into assets.	Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad 00:02:26

What is said about it

5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

2017-03-10 · Do I Have ADHD? — Hank adds something he didn't say in the video: he has struggled with worrying that if he gets diagnosed he will blame the disorder instead of himself and let it excuse his behaviour. — video description
2017-03-10 · Do I Have ADHD? — Hank explains that sensory disorders mean having a hard time dealing with information coming into your senses, or getting too much or not enough of it. (hedged) — 00:00:05
2017-03-10 · Do I Have ADHD? — Hank says that had he been born ten years later he probably would have been additionally or alternately diagnosed with ADHD, though he can't say for sure. (hedged) — 00:00:20
2017-03-10 · Do I Have ADHD? — Hank says seven is the average age for an ADHD diagnosis, and when he was seven attention-deficit disorders weren't diagnosed or discussed as much. — 00:00:28
2017-03-10 · Do I Have ADHD? — Hank: Asked whether he has ADHD, Hank answers maybe. (unsure) — 00:02:51