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Is Your ADHD Kid "Behind"? Why Developmental Delay Is the Wrong Word (And What to Say Instead)
Hey friends, Michelle and Megan here from the Spicy Brain Podcast. This week we are digging into a chapter from The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids that got us both fired up. The book introduces the idea of "developmental delay" as a way to understand executive functioning differences in neurodivergent kids. Michelle, being the education psychology nerd she is, thought it was a useful clinical framework. Megan, being Megan, had some feelings about it. Spoiler alert: the word "delay" does not sit well with someone who spent years feeling like they were broken.
We talk about why…
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