ADHD or a “bad personality”? (Kai's story) | ADHD Aha!

Kai Liu thought she was doing a good job masking her distractibility and overall frazzled-ness. It wasn’t until a friend checked in with her that she realized she wasn’t masking her ADHD symptoms as well as she thought. After some reflection about her trouble with focus, she knew it was time to ask a doctor about ADHD.

Kai grew up thinking she just had a “bad personality.” But this conversation with host Laura Key shows that this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Through her ADHD diagnosis — and some self-kindness — she’s turning that thinking around. Hear about the overlooked symptoms of ADHD in adult women, and listen as Laura and Kai, who’s a comedian, play an impromptu ADHD game show!

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[sugoruyo]

I often say ADHD is not excuse but it is an explanation however, I've come to realise that's not accurate.
By explaining why behaviours that are driven by it that are deemed inappropriate in a given social context it excuses them as not being borne out of character or personality being "bad" but as something that is not voluntary.
I'm starting to think that even the attitude of "it's not an excuse" is because we are condition to think that excuses are bad.
This is something that I think is more prevalent in the English speaking world.
In my native language the word for the verb excuse is the same as the verb justify, which I think is a more charitable and understanding position.
Then again, the subtle difference between the nouns for excuse and justification implies that there some lesser quality to an excuse, as if it's just words.
But, just like we excuse people with narcolepsy or Tourette's for inappropriate behaviours, shouldn't we excuse people with ADHD too?