Interview – ADHD Child vs. Non-ADHD Child [video]
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ADHD is a neurological disorder
children are born with.
The APA says it affects 5% of
children ages 4 to 17.
Children with ADHD often have
other mental issues,
such as depression, anxiety,
and oppositional defiant disorder.
Children with ADHD often
have low self-esteem
and poor social skills.
They are often bullied by
their peers and excluded
from social gatherings.
Children with ADHD are very
intelligent, creative, and
compassionate, but they are often
labeled by their peers as
"weird" or a "misfit."
All children deserve and
want to be loved.
Please be aware that not all
disabilities are visible.
Educate your children about ADHD
and teach them
kindness and compassion.
Chances are, there is at least
one child in your child's class who is
suffering from ADHD.
Simply asking a child with ADHD to
play with them
at recess would mean
the world to them!
Please help spread ADHD awareness
by sharing this video.To me (w/diagnosed ADHD), it's a societal conformity disorder if we want to stick with "disorder". I get why it's labeled that. But it's a disservice to everyone when we conflate a group of people who's only issue/difference is not conforming easily to the social norms created by the majority in-group -- with people that have actual debilitating neurological disorders that affect their, for lack of a better word, able-bodiness...but which does not always interfere with their ability to fall-in-line with social norms (ie, 9-5 schedule, not talking "out of turn", not getting up to walk around every N mins, not climbing on the construction workers' scaffolding after being told repeatedly not too, etc). Their lifestyle changes come as a result of actual neurological disorders, not out of a desire (or need) to function in a socially approved way.
The video was posted 10 years ago, maybe they wouldn't use that now. A better understanding of it is slowly circulating.
This reveals such a difference in upbringing environment that you can’t draw too many conclusions from the video. The starting point for each child is too different. Additionally the gender difference makes it very difficult too.
I know it’s not a rigorous scientific experiment, but the video does want you to compare the children.
It appears to me the female, as she continually avoids most eye contact.