By Sarah Cascone — 2018
Myths of the starving artist aside, just how financially tenable is a career in the visual arts?
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If you have ADHD, you might find it hard to date, make friends, or parent. That’s partly because good relationships require you to be aware of other people's thoughts and feelings. But ADHD can make it hard for you to pay attention or react the right way.
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Can neurodiversity proponents keep the notion of mental pathology?
Embracing neurodiversity, from ADHD to dyslexia, gives adland a creative edge.
The aspects that make them most creative may also be their biggest risk.
Creativity. It’s often cited as a valuable (but tough to harness) benefit of having ADHD. As it turns out, creativity is more than a perk; it is a requirement. To be healthy and productive, you must carve out time to pursue your creative passions.
For me, the worst part of ADHD isn’t being fidgety or hyper-focused; it’s under-discussed symptoms such as time blindness and impulsive spending—which have made my finances a constant struggle.
She also told Jimmy Fallon he appears to her as a “vertical brown rectangle.”
Michael A. Freeman had long noticed that entrepreneurs seem inclined to have mental health issues. Freeman and California-Berkeley psychology professor Sheri Johnson decided to take a deeper look at the issue.
Netflix and the BBC will work together, in an unprecedented move, to promote disabled creatives on and off screen.