The Fridge Door Gallery celebrates families who defeat overwhelming obstacles to achieve. Living with ADHD, children and their parents’ self-esteem can take a beating- we struggle to do things the traditional way. Sometimes that puts our kids and us on the outside of what is “normal” among our friends and aquaintances in the neighborhood or school.
The Fridge Door Gallery provides a place for parents...
I live with 5 wonderful children 4 of whom have ADHD, two of which also have ODD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Being an occupational therapist married to a wonderfully loving and witty man, who was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, ADHD was neither unfamiliar nor unmanageable. As a therapist, I knew how to arrange my house so it was organized. I knew how to follow a routine and keep it. Raised by strict parents,...
I am old enough to admit that there was a time in my life when there was no MLK day. I am so proud to acknowledge how far this country has come. I have watched us progress from a mindset of “oh that’s just another excuse for a banker’s holiday” to the true intended spirit of the day…”what are you going to do for your neighbor?”
Monday is a call to action for all of us, an opportunity to call our...
In a November 2007 press release from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM), brain image studies confirmed that the brains of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), on average, followed a normal pattern of development but was delayed by 3 years in some regions of the brain when compare to their peers without the disorder. The delay occurred primarily in the front of the brain’s...
1. Most people won’t believe the stories you tell.
2. Everyone has an opinion about how you should fix your child, some will be helpful: most will be a form of judgment.
3. The hardest part of being a family with ADHD is everyone sees your flaws when you have a bad day.
4. Too many extra-curricular activities disrupts the cadence of managing a houseful of ADHD.
5. Most of the world knows only what the media...
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