Neurodiversity Video #17 Strengths of People with ADHD

In this video, I suggest that it is quite important for us to emphasize the strengths of people with ADHD, because the label itself has three negatives in it (deficit-hyperactivity-disorder). There’s an evolutionary advantage to ADHD in that their hyperactivity, for example, was important for surviving in hunting raids on the plains (and are still important in managing a business). People with ADHD often have strong levels of kinesthetic intelligence, excel in novelty-seeking, engage in creative behaviors, and have ”neotenous brains that are like those of geniuses such as Picasso and Einstein (don’t worry, I explain neoteny in detail in the video). I suggest that perhaps they should rename this condition (ADHD) to incorporate a more positive perspective.