Attention Deficit Disorder - A Different Perception (Paperback)

Can drugs cure Attention Deficit Disorder? Why are some ADD children and adults more successful that their "normal" peers? What professions are best for ADD people?;In this book, author Thom Hartmann explains that ADD rather being a problem, may actually be beneficial. He sees ADD sufferers as "hunters", totally focused on movement, constantly monitoring their environment and exhibiting incredible bursts of energy. Correctly approached these characteristics can be harnessed to create an overall positive effect. These "hunters" find themselves in our contemporary society surrounded by non-ADD sufferers or "farmers" - cautious, slow and steady workers This book explains how adults and children with ADD can adapt and function more creatively and productively in the modern world. Hartmann also identifies ADD individuals who have helped to change the world they lived in - Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin.