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Thinking about physical vs mental disabilities, my question pertains to my sophomore rather than senior. Perhaps someone here knows, now that the process of college apps is done. My D19 has ADHD: should she disclose this on her apps, or not, since there is more of a stigma around mental health?

@JenJenJenJen - my D has ADHD, and she made it a theme of her application… At least she wrote a whole essay about it for the “anything else” question, and she told her recommenders they were free to talk about it.

My personal opinion is that there isn’t a stigma with ADHD. I think if anything, it helped my daughter on her apps, because it helps explain her grade (trend).

And to be honest - if a school penalizes her app because she has ADHD - that seems like it’s a school that is going to be less accommodating anyway, and you probably don’t want to go there.