-=> Quoting Bob Moylan to Jerry Schwartz <=-
 BM> Jerry Schwartz On (25 Jan 97) was overheard to say to Ann Marie
 BM> Rivera 
 JS> Well, some people with AD(H)D have reported being hypersensitive to
 JS> sounds and touch; my son doesn't seem to be.
 BM> Nor is mine...
 
 Mine even gets upset at a glance.  The ever dreaded "What are you looking
 at".
 JS> this now, but in the past he needed constant entertainment (which now
 JS> includes reading, at least): if he didn't have anyone to play with, we
 JS> had to be playing with him, taking him somewhere, etc.  His needs were
 JS> insatiable.
 BM> Do you really mean his "wants" were insatiable?  We are still in that
 BM> phase but not as bad as it used to be... Quite by accident I
 BM> discovered that my son is _very_ interested in woodworking, he will
 BM> go to his room and watch the "New Yankee Workshop" on PBS whenever it
 BM> is on ... hey it's loads better than MTV!!   He now has "his" tools
 BM> (all hand tools) and a stash of scrap lumber.  I can never find an
 BM> unused screw or a nail when I really need one.. (-8  We just finished
 BM> a school project that he pretty much designed and built with minimal
 BM> help....had to incorporate 3 simple machines into one functional
 BM> "thing"...simple machines being screw, wheel/axle, ramp, lever,
 BM> pulley etc..it's basically made of wood. He actually drew a plan
 BM> before he picked up a tool....  now if this will HURRY UP and CARRY
 BM> OVER..!!
 Mine are into electronics.  It use to be wood.  I would discover my
 backyard full of wood and my husband screaming to find his tools.  And
 vaccumning was always fun.  I just throughly enjoyed seeing the tinest
 of screws flying across the room and wading through boards across every
 thing.  Now its electronic.  They, actually Jeremy with his brother
 assistant, has discovered how to make a battery charger.  Of course, this
 means taking the radio and what nots apart.
 Regina
... "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." - L. Long
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