Blake Taylors mother first suspected he had ADHD when he at only three years of age tried to push his infant sister in her carrier off the kitchen table. As time went by Blake developed a reputation for being hyperactive and impulsive. He launched rockets (accidentally) into neighbors swimming pools and set off alarms in museums. Blake was diagnosed formally with ADHD when he was five years old. In ADHD and Me he tells about the next twelve years as he learns to live with both the good and bad sides of life with ADHD.
Blakes memoir offers for the first time a young persons account of what its like to live and grow up with this common condition. Join Blake as he foils bullies confronts unfair teachers struggles with distraction and disorganization on exams and goes sailing out-of-bounds and ends up with a boatload of spiders. It will be an inspiration and companion to the thousands of others like him who must find a way to thrive with a different perspective than many of us. The book features an introduction by psychologist Lara Honos-Webb author of The Gift of ADHD and a leading advocate for kids with ADHD.
Blake Taylors mother first suspected he had ADHD when he at only three years of age tried to push his infant sister in her carrier off the kitchen table. As time went by Blake developed a reputation for being hyperactive and impulsive. He launched rockets (accidentally) into neighbors swimming pools and set off alarms in museums. Blake was diagnosed formally with ADHD when he was five years old. In ADHD and Me he tells about the next twelve years as he learns to live with both the good and bad sides of life with ADHD.
Blakes memoir offers for the first time a young persons account of what its like to live and grow up with this common condition. Join Blake as he foils bullies confronts unfair teachers struggles with distraction and disorganization on exams and goes sailing out-of-bounds and ends up with a boatload of spiders. It will be an inspiration and companion to the thousands of others like him who must find a way to thrive with a different perspective than many of us. The book features an introduction by psychologist Lara Honos-Webb author of The Gift of ADHD and a leading advocate for kids with ADHD.
