Thirty Good Things About ADHD

1) Unlimited energy
2) Will try any thing
3) Good conversationalist
4) Needs less sleep
5) Good sense of humor
6) Very caring
7) Do Spontaneous things
8) Notice things that other people don't
9) Understanding of other kids
10) Can think of new ways of doing things
11) Likes to help others
12) Happy and enthusiastic
13) Imaginative - creative
14) Sensitive - compassionate
15) Eager to make new friends Great 16) ong-term memory
17) Life and soul of any party
18) Charming
19) Warm and loving
20) Protective about families
21) Inquisitive
22) Doesn't hold a grudge
23) Quick to forgive
24) Genuine
25) Never boring
26) Perceptive ways to do things
27) Playful
28) Honest
29) Optimistic
30) Inventive

Listed below have been sent in by people that wanted to share the good things about ADHD.

Being a 15 year old boy with adhd i grew up with it. getting really tired of people asking "isnt that a bad thing i decided to come up with some GOOD things

1 If you take 50 kids with adhd, find a way to harness their energy it would be close to thee equivilant of the energy of an atomic bomb exploding. with this information being on a sports team is almost a must Soccer is a running sport and adhd kid would have no problem running to the far side of the field to get the ball.

2 We see things differently than other people you guys see an old pile of 2by4s we see a one story tree house with a sepperate room

3 we have NO PROBLEM HAVING A GOOD TIME: i hope that you add these to the list thank you

Sent in by Mark: I see the world as what will happen and other people don't understand my ideas but when I try them they work out and other people think it won't..

There's the right way, there's the wrong way, and then there's the best way; MY way. We have no limits to our imagination, which affords us the ability to channel every possibile solution for any situation. leaving the simple minded dead in the water.

ADD makes people think of a "deficit"; however, my daughter has MORE of everything: compassion, sincerity, humanity, creativity, understanding, warmth, and intelligence. People with ADD have so much to offer the world, and from the lists published of famous people with ADD/ADHD, they often make huge contributions to the world.

Why do some people in our society only see the negative side of ADHD. What we should also be doing is taking a look at some of the positive attributes that having ADHD can bring. The above list are just a few of them, How many more can you think of ??

!!Why not send them to me and I will add them to this list.

Just send an e-mail to Christine McLanachan

With the heading " Please include this in your positive things about ADHD "

Together we can change peoples negative perception of ADHD

& Other Neurological development disorders.