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unusual facts about ADHD



Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities

Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities include a range of practices used in the treatment of dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental and learning disabilities.

ASRS

Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, a self-reported questionnaire used to assist in the diagnosis of adult ADHD

Benjamin Feingold

Hyperactivity is now classified as attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Center for BrainHealth

All contributions support the cause of brain health and the Center’s many research focus areas-Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury (TBI), autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), stroke, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, BrainHealth Physical, Dementia, Exercise and the Brain, Healthy Brain Aging, and Virtual Brain Training.

The Center provides academic training and houses specialists in, among many others, Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury (TBI), healthy brain aging, autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), stroke, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Children's Adventure Farm Trust

40% of CAFT’s users have learning disabilities or behavioural problems, such as Autism, Downs Syndrome or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), it is often the case that the children staying will have both physical and learning disabilities.

Daemen College

The school will offer a two-year program for students with neurobiological disorders such as high functioning autism, Tourette syndrome, ADHD, OCD, and bipolar disorder.

Hill Top Preparatory School

Hill Top has a wide variety of students, many of whom have learning disabilities and disorder of neural developments such as ADHD, ADD, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, and Epilepsy.

Low arousal

Low arousal theory, explains that individuals who have antisocial personality disorder or ADHD seek excessive activity to combat a state of low arousal

LY-404,187

LY-404,187 has been demonstrated to enhance cognitive function in animal studies, and has also shown effects suggesting antidepressant action as well as having possible application in the treatment of schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and ADHD.

Michigan State University Twin Registry

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which genetic and environmental influences on eating pathology, ADHD, depressive symptoms, anxiety, personality characteristics, and substance use differ between men and women in young adulthood.

Monterey Coast Preparatory School

Monterey Coast Preparatory (MCP) Middle & High School is a private, independent middle & high school using a UDL-modified Universal Design for Learning curriculum for gifted & talented students, including those with learning differences such as ADHD, Dyslexia, and Asperger Syndrome.

Sluggish cognitive tempo

Adele Diamond has postulated that the core cognitive deficit of those with ADHD-PI (ADD) and possibly SCT, is working memory, or, as she coined in her recent paper on the subject, "childhood-onset dysexecutive syndrome".

Special needs

People with autism, Down syndrome, dyslexia, blindness, ADHD, or cystic fibrosis, for example, may be considered to have special needs.

Terry Matlen

Terry Matlen is the former vice president and board member of ADDA (Attention Deficit Disorder Association), immediate past coordinator of the Oakland County CHADD chapter, and has developed numerous online resources to support those with ADHD.

Vayarol

Vayarol contains Lipirolen™, a proprietary composition containing Phytosterol Esters of Omega-3 which was developed by VAYA Pharma (division of Enzymotec LTD), a specialty pharmaceutical company.The VAYA Pharma portfolio addresses three therapeutic segments: ADHD (Vayarin), Hypertriglyceridemia (Vayarol) and Memory impairment (Vayacog).


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