October: ADHD Awareness Month
October is ADHD awareness month.
ADHD is neuro-developmental and carries a strong hereditary link. Girls/women are often not diagnosed until middle school, high school or beyond- leading to an increase in poor outcomes, various mental health disorders and maladaptive behaviors.
ADHD and IQ are not correlated. Emotion dysregulation, frustration and intolerance are often overlooked as accompanying symptoms of ADHD. The ADHD brain is not broken- it is atypical, powerful and requires a unique approach/response to tap into its magic. It holds the key to creativity, solutions and advancement that the typical brain can often not harness.
If we can teach to, respond to, and support the ADHD brain at an early age- understand it and embrace it, rather then try to stifle it- we are looking at a bright future.
-Stephanie
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