The stereotypical image of ADHD is that of a boy who cannot sit still. Thanks to media stereotypes and our own learned biases, our brains simply aren’t trained to conjure up a girl when we think of ...

SAN ANTONIO – Signs of ADHD in girls are often different than in boys, which has created a considerable gap in misdiagnoses for years. “It’s very well known in my field now, in my training, that girls ...

Historically, ADHD was been considered a condition for rambunctious little boys who don't listen to their teachers. However, that stereotype is based mostly upon myth. Plenty of boys with ADHD don't ...

When you live in total squalor—cookies in your pants drawer, pants in your cookies drawer, and nickels, dresses, old New Yorkers, and apple seeds in your bed—it’s hard to know where to look when you ...

Boys aren’t the only people who develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It also affects girls and young women and adults of both genders. Yet girls ...

On TikTok, thousands of women are sharing something that used to stay hidden: their struggles with undiagnosed ADHD. In viral clips that rack up millions of views, they talk about zoning out during ...

My holiest and most humiliating year was the second grade. My teacher, a skinny, autumnal Mrs. Claus type named Mrs. V, was old school in that she was super religious and maintained the threat of ...

When my dyslexic daughter first discoveredHarry Potter, she went from a reluctant reader to a serious book lover overnight. She would battle line by line to keep up with the story and would read a ...