ADD/ADHD Facts

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With a name that’s 50-66% “deficit disorder,” it’s easy to focus on all the negatives and problems that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can bring. However, there are many positives we can focus on too.

Facts:

• A classroom with 30 students will have between 1 to 3 children with ADHD
• Boys are diagnosed with ADHD 3 times more often than girls
• Emotional development in children with ADHD is 30% slower than in their non-ADD peers. This means that a child that is 10 years old will have the emotional development of a 7 year old, a 20 year old will have the emotional maturity of a 14 year old.
• One fourth of children with ADHD have serious learning disabilities such as: oral expression, listening skills, reading comprehension, and/or math
• 65% of children with ADHD exhibit problems in defiance or problems with authority figure. This can include verbal hostility and temper tantrums.
• 70% of boys diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have hyperactivity
• 60% of girls diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have hyperactivity
• 50% of children with ADHD experience sleep problems

We have to remember that for every negative, there are two or three positives. The following list is far from complete.

Positives:

Forgives mistakes easily, sensitive, compassionate, empathetic with the feeling of others, feels things deeply, doesn’t harbor resentment, charming personality, warmhearted, good judge of character, charismatic, outgoing, personable/perceptually acute/intuitive, observant, sees unique relationship between people and things, hardworking, dreamers, fast thinking, creative in nature, energetic, athletic, adaptable, optimistic, open-minded, trusting, and many more.