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When the world calls you lazy – why ADHD is not just a trend

December 5, 2025

Everyone’s a little ADHD, right? Not quite. Journalist Martyna Masztalerz explains living with ADHD – from hyperfocus to late diagnoses and moments of relief when everything finally makes sense.

https://p.dw.com/p/53UBT
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A composite image shows disabled actor Leonard Grobien near a microphone (L), next to a portrait of DW host Vicky Hristova (R). The words "Freaks no more!" (top R) and "They stare at my body first" (bottom) are superimposed.

Who gets to play disability on screen?

Actor Leonard Grobien challenges the film industry on why non-disabled performers are still cast in disabled roles.
DiversityFebruary 6, 202622:38 min
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s textile collage

Fighting Sinti and Roma stereotypes with art

With her textile collages, Malgorzata Mirga-Tas celebrates the identities of the ethnic minority.
DiversityJune 29, 202404:36 min
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More on Diversity from around the world

Image of non-binary people in South Asia, called hijra, one dressed in yellow and the other in red, their nose and mouths covered by a veil

How gender diversity dates back centuries

Alternatives to the "male" and "female" gender binary have existed in many parts of the world for centuries.
DiversityMarch 29, 202515:07 min
A transgender woman applies makeup using a mirror

Have trans rights improved in India?

Rudrani Chhetri, a transgender woman, founded the House of Dignity in New Delhi, which offers help to trans people.
DiversityDecember 26, 202406:10 min
Videostill | HER - Women in Asia | Staffel 2

Motherhood

While the nuclear family of mother, father, and children, is still widespread in many Asian countries, it’s changing. More and more children are growing up with single moms. Meet three mothers from different Asian countries and hear their stories.
DiversityApril 17, 202315:38 min
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Freaks No More! Videos

People with visible and invisible disabilities share their perspectives on society and life, true to the motto "nothing about us without us."

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