Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception - Softcover

Hartmann, Thom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0717128652 ISBN 13: 9780717128655

Publisher: Newleaf, 1999

Synopsis

In this ground-breaking book, author Thom Hartmann presents a new and very welcome approach to Attention Deficit Disorder. His is the first book to explain clearly that ADD, rather than being a problem, may actually be beneficial. He sees ADD sufferers as "hunters", totally focused on movement, constantly monitoring their environment and exhibiting incredible bursts of energy. Correctly approached, these characteristics can be harnessed to create an overall positive effect. These "hunters" find themselves in our contemporary society surrounded by non-ADD sufferers or "farmers" - cautious, slow and steady workers.

This positive and long-awaited book explains how adults and children with ADD can adapt and function more creatively and productively in today's world. Thom Hartmann also identifies ADD individuals who have helped to change the world they lived in - people like Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin.

About this title

From the Publisher

This is the first book to explain that ADD may be beneficial. Thom Hartmann's remarkable evolutionary theory about ADD was profiled in Time magazine.

From the Author

The author, thom@cis.compuserve.com , 07/19/96: A positive look at ADD and a new theory of its origin... I wrote this book because when my son was diagnosed with ADD the psychologist told him he had a "damaged brain" and gave him a whole gloom-and-doom scenario. Having been the executive director of a residential treatment facility for kids, many of whom had ADD, I thought this was a pretty miserable way to portray ADD to anybody, particularly a child. In ADD:ADP, I present a "new view" of the origin of ADD -- that it's an adaptive mechanism passed down to us by our ancient "Hunter/Gatherer" ancestors. At first, I only meant this as a paradigm or metaphor, but as you'll find from reading this revised version, it is turning out to be good science as well. In the five years since the original version of this book came out, a number of important studies have shown that there is a basis in history and science for my theories. I hope you enjoy the book and look forward to hearing your responses to it,

Edition details

• Publisher: Newleaf
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0717128652
• ISBN 13: 9780717128655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232