A study done by researchers at the Center for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics finds that one out of every ten children in the United States has ADHD. It is believed that this finding indicates that there is an increase in the ability to diagnose ADHD, and not that there is a sudden increase in the actual occurrence of it. It sounds like a really high number. One out of every ten children in the United States has ADHD. It makes me wonder how many children in a typical public school have this disorder. How are schools managing … Continue reading →

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have done a study that reveals that there has been an increase in the number of children who are being diagnosed with ADHD. There may be some speculation as to the reasons why this is so. I have noticed an ongoing debate, of sorts, regarding ADHD. There are those who believe that ADHD is something that has been around long before the name of the disorder was attached to it and that people were just unaware of it. Then, there are those who believe that ADHD is something new, and that some factor … Continue reading →