Embracing Your ADHD

When I looked up and read the preceding article, "ADHD in College" by Grace Friedman, I went to the website mentioned and found a great resource.  Grace has written a guide for ADHD teens and tweens from an ADHD teen.  Embracing Your ADHD is a well written, organized guide to understanding your diagnosis in the voice of a teenager.  It covers Signs of ADHD, Emotional Challenges, Medication, Coping Tactic and Strategies among other topics.  Grace is thorough in her explanations but qualifies her guide:

"This is not a medical Guide, it is a personal one. My 

goal is to help you understand, cope with and 

ultimately accept your ADHD. I am an ADDYTeen, 

just like you, and my advice is simple: Why wait? 

Start now! Embrace your ADHD." 

I just love that Grace has turned a potential challenge into an opportunity to educate other teens.  She had the vision to not only inform, but encourage other teens to accept their diagnosis and thrive.  Her experience was a diagnosis, receiving medication and then being left to cope on her own. Instead of letting that defeat her, she turned it into a chance to research and write a guide that she wished she would have had when she was diagnosed and offering it for the benefit of others like herself.  She became a trailblazer!  Such an ADHD trait.  Way to go, Grace!

In the following YouTube clip (7 minutes), you will be introduced to Grace and her guide as well as hear from a clinical psychologist, Dr. Keith Sutton.  His explanation of the disorder is very detailed.  Some people think that ADHD just means someone is wiggly and has a short attention span.  Dr. Sutton expands on that understanding by discussing all the characteristics of this neurobiological disorder.  You can receive this free download,  Embracing Your ADHD , by going to www.addyteen.com.

I also recommend the website and guide to parents of ADHD kids or anyone who would like to gain more understanding about ADHD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0hVBfqu_gU