ADHD is a disorder of doing what you know - Dr Barkley
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ADHD is a disorder of doing what you know - Dr Barkley
It appears as if this is a simple problem of lacking “willpower.” If you can do it for this, why can’t you do the same for that and that, which are even more important? However, ADHD is not a matter of willpower. It is a problem with the dynamics of the chemistry of the brain.
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. • Article
inhibition, working memory, and set-shifting.
Jessica McCabe • How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
Dyslexia, chronic lateness, distractability, hyperactivity make up “attention deficit disorder”—and what patience it demands. Yet how else contain and tease out what this “deficit” also shows? Children so categorized, and adults too, are often those with above-average intelligence, given to daydreams, and with such widely open sensitive souls that
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