Attention Deficit Disorder is a neurological disorder that affects the central nervous system, as well as the motivational system. ADD affects two important parts of the brain that are connected with the ability to pay attention and the ability to regulate motor activity. ADD is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. There is a deficiency in the brains' ability to produce and use certain chemicals called transmitter substances (neurotransmitters). It is said to be hereditary, in fact more than one third of the parents of an ADD child had ADD when they were children and as many as 75% of children diagnosed with ADD have a least one relative who has it (be it a parent, sibling, or uncle).

The behavioral aspects of ADD are very similar and intertwine between three main categories, in which many symptoms and character

istics fall into. These categories are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Inattention means failure to pay attention and the characteristics involved with this category are all symptoms of an inattentive person. Hyperactivity means the state or condition of being excessively or pathologically active. All the subcategories of hyperactivity have to do with the inability to keep still and the actions a person with ADD might do because of their restless traits. Impulsivity means actuated by or prone to act on impulse. The subcategories of impulsivity are actions that are a result to acting on impulse.

There are three distinct forms of Attention Deficit Disorder. Outwardly Expressive ADD, Inwardly Directed ADD, and Highly Structured ADD. These three are not set types for every person; a person can have a combination of these three types.

In conclusion, as we go through life we will meet many people with this disorder, and whenever you do think about what they go through day by day. If enough people start to understand, what Attention Deficit Disorder is then more and more people will be informed. Once more people are informed about what Attention Deficit Disorder maybe the youth of the next generation will get the respect and accommodations they deserve.

There are many positive and negative aspects that a person with ADD has because of the disorder. People with the disorder have a "steel-trap" memory for complex things, many have a photographic memory, they have the ability to "hyper-focus" with things that are of great interest (as well as highly stimulating), they have unique creativity and spontaneou

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