Sign: You must be this tall to ride: age 12 (crossed out), age 8 (crossed out), age 6 (crossed out), AGE 4 [ADHD playground]

Caption: Children as young as 4 can be diagnosed ADHD

ADHD Guidelines Change: NOW OKAY – Diagnosing 4 Year Olds

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/ADHD guidelines changed to include diagnosing children as young as  4 years old.  The latest change addresses “children ages 4-18 because there is additional research on that age range,” says Mark Wolraich, chairman of the committee that prepared the report, released Sunday at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference in Boston.

Caption: ADHD High Risk in Pregnant Woman Who Smoke

What JOY to bring a new life into the world! Most women want their baby born healthy and to live a long, happy life! Did you know that recent research and studies show “pregnant women who smoke may be at a higher risk of having a child with ADHD”?

Secondhand smoke in the home, according to new research, poses a “50% increased risk (to children exposed) of developing two or more behavioral and learning disorders as well as ADHD.” Why put your child’s future at risk?! DON’T LIGHT UP so he/she can…shine bright, live and breathe well!

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Home Test

Rob:You’ve Played 6 hours straight!
I think we’ve found a cure for ADHD.
What level you on now?

Stew: ONE

I was never given the label of ADHD in my youth.  Instead it was called “behavioral problems.”

I received my diagnosis with dyslexia at eight.  However, I’m sure they would have called it ADD or ADHD or even ODD (oppositional defiant disorder) if that had been around back in 1979.