This is the sixteenth video in my series introducing my new book The Power of Neurodiversity. In this video, I give a short history of ADHD, noting terms that were employed in the past (such as hyperkinesis, and minimal brain dysfunction), and then using a timeline to chart the growth of ADHD from a 1971 speech given by the Canadian psychologist Virginia Douglas, through the 1980’s when parent advocacy groups like CHADD got involved, to its increasing visibility on talk shows and in TV shows and movies, to the connections forged between drug companies and medical doctors, and finally to the steep climb in the numbers of kids and adults identified with ADHD in the last ten years.
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For more information about neurodiversity, see my books:
- The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition), and
- Neurodiversity in the Classroom: Strength-Based Strategies to Help Students with Special Needs Succeed in School and Life.
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