There is a big difference between being diagnosed with ADHD and having ADHD.
ADHD is a developmental disorder. It’s not caused by a lack of exercise. Exercise may mitigate symptoms.
ADHD diagnosis in children has way too much to do with how obnoxious adults find the child and too little to do with whether or not the child has ADHD. Everyone knows that all children benefit from exercise. Obviously a population of children that don’t get much exercise is going to have more obnoxious behavior than a population that gets exercise, but that doesn’t mean the rate of ADHD is different in the two populations.
Children with ADHD who aren’t obnoxious and are undiagnosed still struggle. Girls are under diagnosed because they’re not as likely to be obnoxious, but they still struggle.
There are unfortunately many people that just accept every article on the internet to be true. There are articles online that claim essential oils can help treat kids with autism but that doesn't make it true.
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There is a big difference between being diagnosed with ADHD and having ADHD.
ADHD is a developmental disorder. It’s not caused by a lack of exercise. Exercise may mitigate symptoms.
ADHD diagnosis in children has way too much to do with how obnoxious adults find the child and too little to do with whether or not the child has ADHD. Everyone knows that all children benefit from exercise. Obviously a population of children that don’t get much exercise is going to have more obnoxious behavior than a population that gets exercise, but that doesn’t mean the rate of ADHD is different in the two populations.
Children with ADHD who aren’t obnoxious and are undiagnosed still struggle. Girls are under diagnosed because they’re not as likely to be obnoxious, but they still struggle.
As a woman with ADHD (diagnosed at 14) — thank you. 🙌🙌🙌
There are unfortunately many people that just accept every article on the internet to be true. There are articles online that claim essential oils can help treat kids with autism but that doesn't make it true.
Good point about obnoxious behavior getting noticed. I think a lot of false diagnosis falls under that umbrella.
And also yes, the quiet kids who are struggling are easy to ignore.