The Ups And Downs Of ADHD

The Ups and Downs of ADHD Many people assume that people who have ADHD have less advantages in life because of their disability. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development. It is often said that people without ADHD only think about the negative traits of people with ADHD. ADHD has a lot of traits towards people that are disabled. One person named Mark Selikowitz explains the symptoms of ADHD and how children deal with the learning difficulties of this disability. Selikowitz gives advice to help parents deal with their child’s difficulties and how to overcome them. While Selikowitz explains the causes

Hammerness, author of “ADHD Biographies of Diseases,” states “Any child, particularly a young child aged six to seven years old, will at times not listen, lose his or her items at school, or be hyperactive around the home” (Hammerness 18). Hammerness’s point is that children that have ADHD seem to lose more items and not pay attention in class as other children without this disorder. ADHD has a series of problems with different types of symptoms. It usually begins from the start of a person’s life. Children with this disorder require more attention because it is sometimes hard for them to concentrate. They may lose items at school, and at a home on a regular day basis. Hammerness explains how many children grow up with this disorder and have to find many ways to deal with it. Many children do not grow out of ADHD, and ADHD can continue to cause problems for an individual well into adulthood. ADHD can affect any child or any adult, in any place in the world. This disability has been one of the most studied childhood conditions in the U.S., with a growing understanding that symptoms of ADHD, can impact a child’s functioning in any setting such as inattention and impulsivity. The symptoms of ADHD may appear differently over the course of one’s life, but the effect on an individual’s life may be just as serious in adulthood as in childhood. Children that suffer through ADHD have common child hood symptoms far more often than other children. They can also pay attention as well as their peers when something is very interesting, exciting, or everchanging. A child with this disability may seem to focus well on television or videos, which is different from his or her inability to focus at other times. For behaviors to be symptoms of ADHD, they must happen very often, which is unusual for a child his or her age. While