Adhd

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention, or excessive activity and impulsivity, which are otherwise not appropriate for a person's age. Some individuals with ADHD also display difficulty regulating emotions or problems with executive function.

There ae currently three primary presentations of ADHD:
- ADHD-I: Predominantly Inattentive type
- ADHD-H: Predominantly Hyperactive type (also known as Hyperactive-Impulsive)
- AHDH-C: Combined type ...more

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Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help

ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain

How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

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Adhd Books

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD

Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: A Self-help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life

The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD: An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions, and Achieving Your Goals

ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

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Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Sarah Hendrickx

Neurodiversity, Autism, Aspergers, ADHD and AuDHD

80 books — 25 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Disability-positive stories

497 books — 323 voters

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Our Time To Dance, A Mother's Journey To Joy by Eva Doherty Gremmert

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

Ability and Disability Introduction - Monthly List #1

28 books — 12 voters

Moojag and the Lost Memories by N.E. McMorran

Neurodiversity and Disability in Society - 50 Introductory Books

62 books — 20 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Depression and Mental Illness

559 books — 488 voters

Boy Without Instructions by Penny Williams

Delivered from Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! by Kate Kelly

What to Expect When You're Not Expecting ADHD by Penny Williams

The Drummer and the Great Mountain - A Guidebook to Transform... by Michael Joseph Ferguson

Best books about ADD and ADHD

90 books — 150 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Adhd”

“ This is me trying to bridge the gap and make a record that I’m truly proud of, I’ve got my 80s side and my indie side, my super pop slant and the electronic music that I love. I wanted to make happy, feel-good music. It all comes from an organic place ”
― Blake Lewis

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“ You can't compare men or women with mental disorders to the normal expectations of men and women in without mental orders. Your dealing with symptoms and until you understand that you will always try to find sane explanations among insane behaviors. You will always have unreachable standards and disappointments. If you want to survive in a marriage to someone that has a disorder you have to judge their actions from a place of realistic expectations in regards to that person's upbringing and diag ...more ”
― Shannon L. Alder

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