Putting ADHD Into Words (and Images, and Videos): A Transmedial Experience

Abstract

This project is the culmination of the author’s efforts to put into words, images, and videos, among other things, his attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), which was diagnosed during his time at graduate school. This diagnosis afforded the author a new perspective on his education so far. It prompted him to research further into how neurodiverse thinkers adapt to life in the university, and how the university adapts to their presence, in a word: poorly. There are too few accounts from scholars with ADHD or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) just to name a couple of neurodivergent identities. It is the author’s hope that by reimagining the way a text may look in the field of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, we can begin to move the needle on how we think about thinking in the classroom. While this document does its best to simulate the original project, you will get the best experience by viewing this document in its original, hypertextual format, which will be linked to in the Appendix.