Despite an increase in diagnoses, plenty of stigma still surrounds attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Adults with ADHD (or parents of children with the disorder) are often somehow blamed for the condition — as if they’re not trying hard enough to control a wide range of symptoms, which can include difficulty focusing, difficulty processing information quickly, fidgeting, impatience and more.
Every year, ADHD affects more than 4 percent of Americans over the age of 18 — adults who are learning, working and living fulfilling, successful lives alongside people who assume those with ADHD are somehow less than. Here are a few things we should all know about ADHD.
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Some people may find medication helpful, and many adults develop coping mechanisms and skills to assist them in reaching their goals. “Living with ADHD is not impossible,” Karen Ann Kennedy wrote in a recent HuffPost blog about her life with ADHD, “but it does take some careful planning to keep things in check.”
