It is important to remember that many, or most, children with ADHD will never really “out-grow” the problems that ADHD brings. We have discussed this in detail in our reporting on ADHD and Depression in females, and in other articles through the years.

This week another reminder of this was published in a national survey of 1,007 adults with ADHD. The survey looked at how adults with ADHD cope at home, at work, and in relationships with others. The survey was published just in time for the 2008 Chadd Conference, and the 2008 ADHD National Awareness Day.

What the survey found was that, of those adults with ADHD: Read more of the article...

Recently the staff at the ADHD Information Library was asked if children with ADHD were protected under the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. This parent wrote that if in fact ADHD was included in the Disabilities Act, then perhaps her child was “being discriminated against."

The answer to the question is somewhat long and complicated. So we will begin with writing that while someone with ADHD may qualify for protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act, not everyone with the diagnosis of ADHD will qualify. And that may include you or your child. Read more of the article...

ADHD Symptoms Resulting From Drug Use, Cigarette Smoking, and Alcohol Use

Even though the percentage of people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is likely the same as in the past, about 5% to 7% of the population, there are reasons why it seems that "there is more ADHD" than ever before: Read more of the article...

Hyperactivity (hyepractivity) in ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyepractivity Disorder

"Hyepractivity" is a common misspelling of the word "hyperactivity."

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, often called ADD or ADHD, is a diagnostic label that we give to children and adults who have significant problems in four main areas of their lives: Read more of the article...

Defining "Attention" in ADHD

When we talk about attention, we are talking about two different kinds of cognitive abilities:

• The ability to focus on a specific task put in front of us to do, such as school work, and
• the ability to pay attention in a more global sense to the world around us, for example the buzz of the lights overhead, and the touch of the clothes on your skin, and the children playing outside of the classroom.

These are two different kinds of attention. Read more of the article...

Prevalence of Drug Exposed Children or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome vs. ADHD

A recent study by the National Institute of Drug Abuse reported the following:

• 5.5% of women REPORTED using illicit drugs while they were pregnant;
• 18.8% REPORTED using alcohol;
• 20.4% REPORTED using tobacco while pregnant.

This compares to about a 5% rate in the population for a genetically based Attention Deficit Disorder in children and teens. Read more of the article...