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A recent study found that young Black males are substantially more likely to be underdiagnosed and undertreated for the neurological condition than white peers.
As a kid, Wesley Jackson Wade should have been set up to succeed. His father was a novelist and corporate sales director and his mother was a special education teacher.
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"I remember how it felt to not be seen, to not be heard, and to have your needs dismissed," said Wesley Jackson Wade, who didn't get diagnosed until his 30s, and now counsels others.