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Marriage and having children are two different issues. I have no issue with people with severe ADHD getting married as long as their spouse recognizes their nature going in of course. However, should an ADHD sufferer have children? I myself considered this. I think if the debilitating nature of the disorder is such that the ADHD person would be a poor parent or that the children would be raised in an unsafe environment, please DON’T have kids. While ADHD can be a very severe problem, it is not in the same league in terms of limited abilities as Down syndrome, autism, and many other disorders. So I think it is up to the discretion of the would-be parent to decide whether they wish to pass along the disorder to the next generation or not. They could certainly adopt if they choose.
I too think that there is so much disagreement on this board because of the vast variation in the severity of the executive function impairment.
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