can leave girls struggling with little understanding of why. "In school, girls with ADHD might get okay grades by working really hard. But they struggle to manage time and finish work. Teachers ...

This is partly because girls' symptoms are not recognized ... They report that most schools provide little or no training on ADHD for teachers -- in fact, only 10% of schools are reported to ...

Is your bright, capable daughter having trouble staying focused, keeping up with assignments, or managing her time?

They're externalizing in their behavior. Narrator While more boys than girls with ADHD do tend to bounce off the walls, it's not a given. Some girls will "act out" while some boys are quietly ...

Though I was little, I remember feeling ashamed at ... hypersensitivity is so prevalent among women and girls living with ADHD that it’s been termed rejection sensitive dysphoria.

When a friend first suggested Kathleen might have ADHD, they dismissed it as something that affected "young boys in the classroom pulling little girls' pigtails and throwing erasers around".

Dr Nichola Salmond is on a mission: to educate the world about the dangerous tendency to underdiagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in girls. Salmond, who works at a clinic in ...

ADHD does not preclude someone from succeeding in any particular field, especially if they are interested in the work and have found strategies to cope with any ADHD-related deficits. However ...

The general public and teachers think boys with ADHD are more likely than girls to have behavioral problems (public: 52% vs 26%; teachers: 36% vs 18%, respectively), while girls with ADHD are ...