Annette Tabor interviews Darleen Beals Darleen Beals, ADDA+ member, was a nurse for 32 years. Now retired, she looks back on those years and remembers how many hurdles she had to clear to get there. School Struggles Even in elementary …
My early years remind me most of a quote from the professor who taught my freshman speech class. “Your impromptu speeches sound so good, especially when compared to your planned speeches, that I can only conclude all your speeches are …
You really need to get things done, but just can’t seem to get the ball rolling. You’re overwhelmed, frozen in place, and can’t even think about what to do first. That’s exactly what ADHD paralysis feels like. ADHD paralysis happens …
ADDA asked me to share my story. My first thought was, “Why would they ask me? I don’t have a story anyone wants to hear.” Yes, that voice in my head is almost always negative. I reject myself before someone …
I thought the days of spending six hours in front of a computer to write three sentences were over. I had my diagnosis. I started medication. I was so very wrong. Before my ADHD diagnosis and treatment, my brain …
As a child, I was always late. I lost things. I was boisterous and talked too much. I always said things I later regretted. Teachers wrote me off as “smart but lazy and immature.” They thought I had no desire …
By Irene Grey In a moment…it’s gone. The fully-formed sentence sprung from nowhere, a perfect start to a story that might unfold over hundreds of pages. By the time I found my pen, all that remained was a faint memory. …
By Leigh Pennington, MPH In the 3rd grade, my son was struggling to read. He was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia and was receiving extra help from his teachers at school. He worked hard but was discouraged and his …
by Michelle Frank, Psy.D. According to Neil DiGrasse Tyson, heir to Carl Sagan, and Cosmos colleagues (along with numerous other astrophysicist geniuses), if we were to condense the history of the universe into one year, referred to as the “Cosmic …
by Lisa Willis There is power in your journey. Your life, your adventures along the road, how you cope, how you succeed, even how you fail but pick yourself up again… those are the elements that make up your journey, …