ADHD is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that can present with challenges but also has many positive qualities.
Children who have ADHD can be highly imaginative and creative, they can think quickly on the spot, have lots of ideas, give lots of attention when interested in a particular subject, think “out of the box” and can be great talkers. All of these qualities can become real assets for a child as they grow up.
There can be challenges with ADHD, of course, for example, difficulties with organisation, planning, memory and sustaining attention on subjects that the child is not immediately interested in. However, if children are identified and diagnosed with ADHD during their childhood, they can be supported to learn strategies for themselves that will address these challenges as they get older, for example, learning how ADHD impacts on their life and in their learning, being physically active and getting enough sleep.
Many children who have ADHD accept it for themselves and recognise the positive features and, in the long term, become successful and happy adolescents and then adults.