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Funding ADHD

According to CDC almost 1 out of 10 children from the ages of 3-17 has been diagnosed with ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CDC, 2017).

The troubling statistics probes concerned parents and community members to ask what is ADHD. Here are three of the symptoms according to specialist (a) Trouble listening or paying attention (b) Struggles sitting still (c) Hypertension diastolic with physical signs of being over-active A recent interview with a local young adult attending a Columbus Ohio High School revealed 2 students in her math class displayed symptoms of the disorder. The interviewee said that the two students often spoke out in class, disrupted lesson plans, and sometimes looked on other students papers for answers. She said the 2 students struggled in math and displayed symptoms associated with the ADHD. According to statistics there should be 2 students with the disorder in every standard class of twenty-five. Researchers should begin to ask questions to learn more about the disorder. Such as, is ADHD displayed more in certain classes? Does students with ADHD meet the criteria in all of their classes? Questions like these nudges researchers to view the institutional pedagogue among educators for children with ADHD. References CDC. (2017). Data statistics. Children Mental Health. Retrieved from www.cdc.gov

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