I attended Landmark College, in Putney, Vermont, which is a leader in dealing with specific LD's. In fact, that's its raison d'etre. A slight majority of the students there during my time had ADD or ADHD. Yes. It. Is. Very. Real. Folks with ADHD can be rather dangerous if they go off their medication scheme.
However, as has been said in this thread, some folks are misdiagnosed with ADHD or a host of other LDs or medical conditions, for many, many different reasons. My LD is dysnomia, which is speech related. However, my prevailing problem upon entering Landmark was an organizational problem that affected different spheres of my life.
My problems were not solved, and still exist, but I have strategies that I never picked up in high school. And so do those grads with ADHD. And I did much better at Sacramento State, a much, much bigger school.
http://www.landmark.edu/ld-and-adhd-resources/adhd1/
However, as has been said in this thread, some folks are misdiagnosed with ADHD or a host of other LDs or medical conditions, for many, many different reasons. My LD is dysnomia, which is speech related. However, my prevailing problem upon entering Landmark was an organizational problem that affected different spheres of my life.
My problems were not solved, and still exist, but I have strategies that I never picked up in high school. And so do those grads with ADHD. And I did much better at Sacramento State, a much, much bigger school.
http://www.landmark.edu/ld-and-adhd-resources/adhd1/
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