[WillowTheWhisp]

I cannot accept a blanket dismissal of ADHD. I have a friend who adopted a child with ADHD and have known this child from being a few months old. He could not be simply classed as a bored or irritable child. There's a world of a difference between him and other children I know who are simply " a handful". He wasn't diagnosed for quite a while but from the very beginning they were aware that he just wasn't the same as other children. Since being diagnosed and being on medication it has made a world of a difference although I do accept that it isn't a cure but it does keep the condition under control. Before anyone feels like criticising that fact may I just liken it to things like epilepsy which is never cured but kept under control by drugs.

The fact that brain scans of children suffering from ADHD show abnormailities should be enough to stop people dismissing this very real situation as a mere cop out on the part of parents and teachers.