I wept when I finished reading this email from Brenda, an associate. And though it isn’t about an adult woman with ADD, it does show the determination and steel tenacity of the mom of an ADDiva-in-training. I hope it touches you as much as it did me ….

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I recently came across a post on an adult ADHD site from the mother of a teenage son with ADHD. The school had enrolled him in a behavior class because the school didn’t see ADHD as a learning disability, but as a behavior problem.

Ack! Here’s my response:

"ADHD is NOT a behavior issue, although it can manifest outwardly in some rather annoying ways. Like interrupting a conversation because your ADD brain wanders onto a more interesting topic. Or making paper airplanes during class because the teacher is boring. And ADD brains get bored easily - but not because they are willful or contrary.

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