With as many as 20 million people dealing with ADD every day this is an important book. Everyone has been touched by ADD whether directly in their families or within their communities. It is important to understand this condition along with the hope and determination that these kids and their parents have for a bright future. I had the opportunity to interview Janie, whose work has long been applauded and recognized in the ADD field. Now, we know much more about this syndrome and many more professionals know how to diagnosis and treat it.
ADD is more mainstream.
ADHD has, in a sense, become more mainstream. Parents want their child to succeed in school, so they're more likely to get an evaluation if their child experiences any learning or attention problems. Schools don't teach to the needs of the individual child and children on either end of the bell curve are at risk for educational neglect. Your attention span would wander, too. So in a major sense, a failure of schools to provide for children with learning or attention differences is also a failure to provide for the needs and gifts all children.