Orthogonal. Having ADHD doesn&#x27;t imply a desire to be outside playing. It&#x27;s a disorder of motivation, not a disorder of focus—an inability to <i>practice</i>, and sometimes to <i>concentrate</i>; but not an inability to think, or to enjoy thinking.<p>Personally, in my childhood, I liked math and science. I had (and still have) ADHD, which made that hard, but I struggled through, because that was my passion. Medication (which I didn&#x27;t get until I was 22) makes it much less hard.<p>Telling me my aptitude was in running around outdoors would have been the last thing I ever wanted to hear. I liked <i>exploring</i>, sure (people with ADHD are almost always Bartle Explorer-types[1]), but building up physical endurance was just one of the many things I couldn&#x27;t motivate myself to do, and would have heavily resisted someone attempting to push that on me.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bartle_Test" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bartle_Test</a>