Swift: We're not lazy or stupid; we just have ADHD
Did I dare tell anyone about my ADHD, lest they start speaking more slowly to me or pitying me? Should I explain it to people so they know why I sometimes mess up, columnist Tammy Swift asks?
9:30 am, Feb. 13, 2021
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Tammy Swift, columnist
FARGO — The first time I heard about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was in the early '90s. After numerous news outlets did numerous stories on this new attention/hyperactivity disorder, an editor dispatched me to do a story.
Ironically, one of the experts I interviewed on the topic turned out to be my old fifth grade teacher. We talked about the common symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention, and what experts believed at the time — that it was primarily a condition of children, especially boys.