
Some sentences begin so badly that it’s impossible to finish them well. The classic, of course, is “I’ll stop beating my wife when…” There’s no good way to finish that sentence. There are others. “Whenever I lose my cell phone, I…
Another ‘ADHD doesn’t exist’ article recently oozed from the blogosphere and stained the Internet with a combination of error and cruelty. Bad science–no matter how oft-repeated or popular the conclusion–is still bad science. I’ve loved science ever since I was a little…
Big neuroscience news!! Some important research is in. Things that you thought you knew about ADHD have changed. Because I’m an ADHD nerd, I like to read studies about ADHD. You are entirely forgiven if you, in fact, know better…
Trans-Atlantic Flights with Hyperactive Kids I’m sharing a 12-hour flight with a few hundred folk, one of which is 3 years old and has either been wiggling or screaming every minute of the flight so far. Before we even took…
The secret to overcoming ADHD is that there is no secret that always helps ADHD, but there are a thousand that might. First, let me apologize for using the phrase “overcoming ADHD”. It’s commonly used, but pretty misleading. It makes…