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Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Why ADHD in Girls Often Goes Undiagnosed and What Parents Can Do
...isn't isolated. Girls with ADHD are underdiagnosed at a...boys are diagnosed with ADHD at twice the rate of girls...twice the rate of girls in childhood, and the gap isn't because...Built Into the Evaluation. ADHD research and diagnostic...hyperactive-impulsive ADHD in boys became the clinical...decisions. That's what ADHD looks like in textbooks...
Research > Brain Science
How Executive Function Shapes Learning: What Parents Need to Know About the Brain Science Behind Reading, Math, and Organization
When a child with ADHD loses their homework for the third time this week,...develop differently or more slowly, as they do in ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning disabilities,...that develop in the prefrontal cortex throughout childhood and adolescence. Working memory is the system...
Health > Diagnosis
Getting Diagnosed as an Adult: The Late Autism and ADHD Discovery
...form. The questions ask about childhood: did you have trouble sitting...Late diagnosis of autism and ADHD is not rare. It's a documented...eventually became unsustainable. Why Childhood Diagnosis Misses So Many. Autism...Misses So Many. Autism and ADHD are both diagnosed using criteria...were present before age 12 for ADHD and during early development...
Parenting > General
How to Use Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to Advocate at Your Child's School
...wide-ranging: autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, Down syndrome, ADHD, and sensory differences including hearing and vision. What these conditions...including hearing and vision. What these conditions share is that they begin in childhood and shape a person's life in lasting ways, and that families navigating...
News > Research
Robin Borakove, "Angels Among Us”
...life was continually challenging. Exhibiting symptoms of Schizophrenia, ADHD and a phethora of ongoing issues, she was administered multiple medications,...sensory overload issues, she was often misunderstood, and among many unhappy childhood experiences, social anxiety, depression and given hurtful nicknames. Fortunately...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When is it Attention Deficit Disorder?
...deficit disorder is the same as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, which is the official clinical term for the disorder. Attention deficit...official clinical term for the disorder. Attention deficit is not limited to childhood, and as many as 8 to 9 million adults in the United States have attention...
Health > Treatment
Behavioral Problems and Medication in Kids
...extreme behavioral problems, more than typical childhood misbehavior, should be evaluated by their physician...such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorders, depression, and bipolar disorder....common comorbidities in those diagnosed with CD is ADHD. Once these disorders are formally diagnosed, parents...
Lifestyle > Independence
June Cleaver I am Not
...children who will at times be faced with the challenges of the average childhood. In retrospect, even the show Roseanne, a comedic example of a "dysfunctional"...safari for the last 17 years. When my oldest child was diagnosed with ADHD at the ripe old age of...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
What is Adult ADHD?
ADHD and ADD...children, but ADHD in adults...develop ADHD or not receive...Adult ADHD is characterized...symptoms as ADHD in childhood,...ADHD in childhood, they manifest...those in childhood. Impulsivity...adults with ADHD might engage...adults with ADHD are likely...adult with ADHD might be...Adult ADHD symptoms...children with ADHD. While hyperactivity...in adult ADHD it refers...of adult ADHD. Adults...
Financial > Government Benefits
ABLE Accounts in 2026: Your Complete Guide to Tax-Free Disability Savings After the Age 46 Expansion
...excluded by a rule that never made sense for disabilities that don't follow childhood timelines. What the ABLE Age Adjustment Act Changed. Before January 1, 2026,...traumatic brain injuries, progressive conditions, or late-diagnosed autism and ADHD. The new law moved that threshold to age 46. The age-of-onset requirement...
Special Needs > Spina Bifida
Recognizing Shunt Failure in Spina Bifida: Signs Every Parent Should Know
...discharge. Some failures present acutely within hours. Others develop gradually over days or weeks, with subtle behavioral shifts that blur into normal childhood variation until they don't. Here's what you're watching for, and when it's time to act. Acute Shunt Failure: Hours Matter. Acute failure typically...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
..."speech therapy." Articulation disorders (difficulty producing specific sounds like /r/ or /s/), phonological disorders (patterns of sound errors), and childhood apraxia of speech (motor planning difficulty that affects speech sequencing) all fall here. Language. Receptive language is understanding what others...