When my 5-year-old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder), I felt a whirlwind of emotions. While I was relieved to finally have a diagnosis for my child, I was ...

"You're absolutely positive I have ADHD? Like the kid's disorder?" I asked uneasily, it sounded more like a plea than a question. I could hear my voice quiver, as a sinking feeling made its way into ...

Angela Carpenter Gildner, 55, is a social worker in Washington, D.C. When her son was diagnosed with ADHD, she suspected that she also had the condition and was later diagnosed with it. She shares ...

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University student who went from special education classes to honors wrote a book about his life. Blake Taylor, a freshman at the University of California, Berkeley, has written a book about his ADHD ...