We put this question to Daniel Munter. Here’s what he said:
My Mum has been my biggest supporter and advocate from day one.
When I was in early primary school, there was a range of different behavioural and self-regulation issues that my Mum was noticing. She really pushed to gain a diagnosis for me, but back in the late 90s/early 2000s, medical professionals pushed the issue back onto her. They claimed that the reason I was getting in trouble at school was due to the fact that she was a single mother raising her child, and that it was a result of poor parenting. When I was officially diagnosed with ADHD, she was extremely supportive, and would be my champion in so many spaces.
As I grew up, Mum also knew that just ADHD wasn’t able to fully encompass my disability profile. She would push back on medical professionals, as they were perceiving my issues through the medical model, and any…