Neal Conan of NPR radio discuss the challenges for adults with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) with 3 Adult ADD authors.
Here are the authors
Dr. Edward Hallowell, author of 
: Getting the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder; a psychiatrist and author of the national best-seller, Driven to Distraction and his latest Delivered from Distraction 
Robert Jergen who I just blogged about, author of Little Monster: Growing Up With ADHD 
; professor of education at the University of Wisconsin
Patricia Quinn, director of the National Center for Gender Issues and ADHD; a developmental pediatrician and author of Understanding Women With AD/HD 
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Hi Pete
Thanks again for another great FYI. I just listened to the broadcast via the NPR online stream of. What an open and positive discussion of what it means or can be like to live with an ADHD diagnosis. I like the idea of moving past the label of ADHD and into the whole person. The guests managed to show that left untreated ADHD can be a real curse but when treated life can be a gift full of success. To think that the same brain wiring that causes ADHD can also be a source of real ability and potential. I love this kind of thinking.
Anyhow it was a great listen.
Take care!
You’re welcome Gerard,
you’re right it’s important to focus on the gift’s as well as the problem. We need to do that more not just with ADD but in society at large.
Pete