Do You Have ADHD? Channel 4 tonight

WhatThe

Yes, but I can't watch this!

I switched off less than 10 minutes into the programme feeling a bit seasick.

There's constant motion, bright colours, lots of hand-flapping by the presenter. I don't like his voice, I didn't like him borrowing the line about 'if you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism'. I don't like this production!

Is anyone else watching or planning to watch? I'd really like to know what others think.

rubin16

I can't tell you how much I hate normal TV. I'm used to watching everything on online through youtube and things but thought I'd take a watch as was intrigued. I turned it off within 5 mins as the constant switching, and dragging things out.

Like just get to the point please. I hate TV for giving us 5 minutes of information stretched out to 30-40mins.

For someone with Autism and ADHD they didn't really make it neurodiverse friendly.

66Mustang

@WhatThe I agree about those things, especially the populist stuff they repeat like the line you quoted, haha!

It's a shame as that line is supposed to inform people that everyone with autism is an individual… yet it's the most unoriginal, repetitive churned out line everyone is using at the moment, which kind of defeats the point

@rubin16 My only question would be, having not watched it, is: is it aimed at people without neurodiversity? That might explain why - to us - it's 5 mins worth of knowledge in an inaccessible format. Maybe for someone with no experience it might be worth a watch; even if it's primarily entertainment but as a side effect they end up getting a bit of an education from it, I guess that's a good thing

WhatThe

Thank you both - I'm completely normal then! Perhaps if you can watch to the end, you're probably not ADHD?

I didn't explain what I didn't like about his use of the quote. He said "As the saying goes.." then used ADHD instead of autism.

66Mustang

That theory is a good way of looking at it @WhatThe 😊

Did he make it clear he was editing a quote? Or did he try to claim that (using "ADHD") was the original quote? I guess if he made it clear it would be OK

More generally, I do still think there's irony to a quote being recycled millions of times all over the internet to inform people we're all individual… although maybe that's an intentional tactical use of irony?? 🤔

WhatThe

66Mustang, no he didn't. It was right at the beginning if you can bear the first few minutes. I don't remember anything he said after that!

It doesn't seem as if many members watched it either. Or no interest?