ADHD.........does it exist, or just an excuse?

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

Neurologist, Richard Saul says it doesn't......

[azureline**]

There is a huge difference between those parents who are lazy and those with a child Dx with ADHD.................the diagnosis and the treatment/medication is a long road that lazy parents wouldn't travel.

[purple_haize]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

Me too, and the worst part is that it hurts those that really want to learn by taking up teacher time.

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Donna, I take it that you dont have a child with ADHD?

As Az just said, parents that have a child or children with ADHD, have a long hard road ahead of them. My grandson is 9yrs. He was diagnosed at 6yrs, by a top pediatrician at Monash medical centre here in Melbourne. He was put through numerous testing & it took along time.

Then it was trial and error of what medication suited him and the medication was not cheap.

His teachers have been wonderful with him and other children in his classes that also ADHD or other issues.

Saying that children with ADHD stop teachers from teaching the other kids is rubbish. It is in the teachers best interest to help all children including those with problems like ADHD.

Once diagnosed with ADHD, it is ongoing, the medication is very expensive, and only parents with children that have ADHD would pay for it.

It is not an imaginary condition, it is very real for the children and adults that have it..........

[donnashuggy]

I didn't actually say that, I said naughty kids take up teachers time, teachers that don't won't can't discipline and their parents are often too lazy too and let things go. A naughty child really should be able to behave in a classroom with the right teacher and not be allowed to be so disruptive.

[**meep**]

I think Donna was agreeing with Polks ie "Yes, it does exist, and yes, it is often used as an excuse."

I also agree with that and I agee with Donna's examples.  I have seen them.

[donnashuggy]

I also believe that many parents look at medication to make their life easier, I also strongly believe that children with special needs should be given the opportunity to learn in mainstream schools, it teaches them and their classmates a lot about life. One of my closest friends who is a special needs teacher with a son who has downs syndrome pushed to have him educated in public schools, he does not have one friend with the same disability now in adult life.

[cherry*135]

So all disabled ( physical and intellectual( school aged children should be educated in mainstream classrooms??
That conflicts with your opinion of not wanting students in class that are disruptive...not wanting students in t he class that are going to take up more of the teachers time away from more other students who dont require extra attention.

[donnashuggy]

No, I didn't say all, I used the word opportunity.

The thread title reads....does it exist, or just an excuse - my uneducated guess is yes to both 🙂

[polksaladallie]

Australia has the highest rate of children put on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder drugs in the world.

"Most children who get a diagnosis of ADHD are wrongly diagnosed," Professor Jureidini said.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/latest/article/-/18131246/kids-on-adhd-drugs/

I do not know how the diagnosis is made today, but 20 years ago, it entailed a visit to a paediatric neurologist who said yay or nay often without any testing.   It appears that nothing much has changed.  The headline above is horrifiying to me.

[cherry*135]

If lots of parents of diasbled children took that opportunity if it wads offered..some of the posters here would be the first to object.

[donnashuggy]

I would fight for my right to do so if I were in the situation.