This ignorance on the part of public school instruction results in an unfair lack of respect towards ADHD students - a tragic mis-diagnosis of their health-related condition - and all too often this lack of understanding results in a loss of self-esteem on the part of the student. Any unwillingness to work with young people whose lives are being negatively affected by ADHD - whether the lack of teacher support is through indifference or a dearth of hands-on knowledge - is unacceptable morally, socially and academically.
Do scientists know how children develop ADHD?
Indeed, the ongoing medical mystery into the issue of why children first show symptoms of ADHD and are later confirmed through reliable diagnosis as having this disorder has been explored by healthcare professionals for many years. The research is vitally important because this disorder doesn't...
In fact, according to Environmental Health Perspectives journal (Tillett 2006), about 8% of the children in the United States suffer from the disorder. And further, the cost to the American society is estimated to exceed $9.2 billion each year, Tillett asserts, which is an enormous sum of money. Those nine billion dollars - in addition to the families of ADHD children who suffer and need help - should raise a red warning flag to the medical profession. Some serious research needs to be ongoing and money needs to be invested through private and public sources.
How does a child develop symptoms?
One of the suspected culprits that is lurking in many households and public places in the U.S. is secondhand tobacco smoke; another is exposure to lead. While in the womb, a child exposed to smoke - or lead - could possibly
