How ADHD Affects An Individual's Life

Approximately eleven percent of children between the ages of four and seventeen have

been diagnosed with Attention­deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, since 2011 (Data and

Statistics). The percentage of children with an ADHD diagnosis continues to increase. This

disorder affects children, adolescents, and adults; it causes problems with attention, impulsivity,

and hyperactivity. Those with ADHD experience challenges with school work and social

settings. These individuals have higher rates of emergency room visits and automobile accidents.

Substance abuse is more common, and jobs harder to keep. The cost for treatment, education and

work loss is detrimental to the economy. ADHD is a more serious disorder than the general

population gives

Not only can ADHD

affect a person’s ability to attain a career easily, but it may cause shortcomings in keeping one.

Those competing for a job and without the disorder are already at advantage. This is unfair to

those born with ADHD, as they did not choose to have the condition.

In ADHD and me by Blake Taylor gives insight into how struggling with ADHD affects

an individual 's life. Not only does ADHD affect the inhabitant but it affects those around them,

such as their family, friends, or teachers/co workers. Some may think kids diagnosed with the

disorder just seek to be disruptively freely, or not pay attention and be excused for it, however

ADHD makes focusing harder for the youth in school, and complicates their social connections.

Teachers may punish the child for disorderly conduct when in reality the child is trying to pay

attention. When in a classroom setting, if a child shows any signs of complications with their

condition they may be subject to bullying or be ostracized from the group. Some children report

that they outgrow ADHD, but recent studies suggest that 30–60% of affected