Louise Erie

We find out why and what we can do about it.

Sonia, welcome to The Little Things.

I'm glad you mentioned that word nuance because I think there, I'm hoping, well, I could be wrong, there's a broader understanding of ADHD now, but I think the next layer to get to is the nuance.

Yeah.

Because the...

span of impact for families and the people affected is so wide and the understanding is, well, it needs to be nuanced.

Well, you have to.

That diagnosis forces you, I suppose, to do a little bit of self-analysis and distilling of the now and the past and then probably re-establish your place from then on.

So, I mean, is it both a burden and a freedom?

I could be wrong here, but I feel what you're saying is that right now we have a sort of static view.

There has been quite a static view of these things and they've been put in boxes.

And what we're hoping in the future is that that has evaporated to a certain extent and we're just seeing it as the fluid intertwining of things.

Honestly, I work in a field where we deal with the area of cleft lip and palate.

And still, I go to conferences and people talk about cleft kids instead of a child with a cleft.

Because even with a cleft, every single one is different.

And it is so frustrating.

When are we going to see the person first and then their unique differences?

Which is genuinely unique.

Next.

And then deal with that person around that uniqueness, that difference rather than the, yeah, I don't know.