Start seeing: For a minute, consider the student who makes life difficult in the classroom. Consider if you can look at the strength within their inability to comply, to fit in, to read left to right, to stay in the lines, to speak up or act up to show there is a need to address.
Here’s one example of turning around a theoretical concept that pathologizes increasing numbers of students.
The ADHD Advantage: What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength by Dale Archer MD
For decades physicians delivered the diagnosis of ADHD to patients as bad news and warned them about a lifelong struggle of managing symptoms. But The ADHD Advantage explodes this outlook, showing that some of the most highly successful entrepreneurs, leaders, and entertainers have reached the pinnacle of success not in spite of their ADHD but because of it.