very long time. ADD, also known as attention deficit disorder, has to do with the brain.

This disorder was at one time thought to be related to brain damage. Nowadays however,

it is actually quite common. It is reported that about 40 percent of the student body of an

average school is ADD. Scientists think that this is at least one student per classroom in a

ADD has really been recognized over the past twenty years. This is when most of

the research about it has been done. When someone has been diagnosed as having ADD

it does not mean that they are lazy, stupid, or crazy. It only means that they have a

difficult time trying to pay attention to a subject in which they have little or no interest.

This is why ADD is usually first noticed in school.

Before much research was done, ADD was not even called ADD. It had a

different name. It was called Hyperknetics. This was really just a fancy term for saying

that a child is easily distracted, and also very hyper. This was back in the days when

doctors also thought that Hyperknesis was caused by some sort of brain damage. This

and residual ADD. The second, ADHD is normal ADD coupled with a hyperactive

get their attention, but they won't be bouncing off of the walls like others tend to do.

doesn't want to be labeled as dumb or stupid because they can't do the work. They don't

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