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Attention Deficit Disorder: Problems
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in adults is often characterized by distractibility, procrastination, disorganization and lateness, incomplete projects and losing things and can be associated with personal and professional relationship problems and sometimes substance abuse. It can often impair an individual's quality of life.
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Attention deficit disorders (... known as ADD or ADHD) are characterised by symptoms including inattention, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviour. These symptoms are associated with learning, behavioural and emotional problems and there is a chance that the condition can carry over into adolescence and adulthood.
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Because experts had begun to speculate that attention deficits, rather than high activity level, might play a greater role in the problems of these children, the term "attention deficit disorder" (ADD) replaced the earlier diagnostic terminology. Along with this shift in diagnostic emphasis came the recognition that attention deficits could exist even in the absence of high activity level, and ... two ADD subgroups were defined: ADD with hyperactivity (ADDM) and ADD without hyperactivity (ADD/WO).
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Until Paul Wender, M.D. identified deficit of attention as the core problem, many believed that the condition did not extend beyond early teens. Indeed, by early teens hyperactive children learned to control external motor behavior and, although still inattentive, were not as fidgety as before. External gross motor movements got substituted with feeling of internal tension, impatience, and fine motor movements, such as finger tapping. Impulsiveness and attentional difficulties did not go away... until much later.
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This is an article from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children with general information about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). It talks about the definition, characteristics, problems, causes of ADD and teaching methods that can help.
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Many causes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have been studied, but no one cause seems to apply to all young people with the disorder. Viruses, harmful chemicals in the environment, genetics, problems during pregnancy or delivery, or anything that impairs brain development can play a role in causing the disorder.
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