@article{Veck, author = {Veck, Wayne}, title = {Reflecting on attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder and disablement in education with Erich Fromm}, series = {Disability \& Society, Vol. 22, No. 2 (2012), pp. 263-275. [Online ISSN 1360-0508] [doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2011.644935]}, journal = {Disability \& Society, Vol. 22, No. 2 (2012), pp. 263-275. [Online ISSN 1360-0508] [doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2011.644935]}, abstract = {Drawing upon the thought of Eric Fromm, this paper argues that efforts to understand and counter behaviour that causes difficulties in education should begin in a critical and reflective engagement with both the conditions of human freedom and the character of educational institutions and society as a whole. Fromm's critique of dominating ideas about good mental health within capitalistic societies is examined in relation to disablement and attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder. A study of a sixth-form college in the south of England elucidates connections between Fromm's insights into social psychology and disablement as a process of oppression.}, language = {en} }