-=> Quoting Jerry Schwartz to Lawrence Dumas <=-
 JS> On May 17 18:53 96, Lawrence Dumas of 1:229/510 wrote to Jerry
 JS> Schwartz: 
 LD>      This is bang on, but to quibble a bit I maintain that the 
"qualities"
 LD>      that come with this "condition" aren't behavioural problems unless 
you
 LD>      take a child and force/expect him/her to sit at a desk for hours on 
 LD> end
 LD>      ad nauseum.  I have become a fan of Thom Hartman's theories as laid 
 LD> out
 LD>      in his book: "Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception". 
It
 LD>      is a good read and I recommend it highly.  My interpretation of his
 LD>      thesis is that ADHD is adaptive in an environment that is 
stimulating
 LD>      and mal-adaptive in an environment that is not-stimulating.
 JS> I cannot imagine that my son would be a successful hunter, if that's
 JS> what you're getting at.  I don't hold out my son as typical of ADHD; I
 JS> think there is more than that wrong with him - and I do mean wrong,
 JS> not "different."  He, like the rest of us, has to live in the world
 JS> and he seems rather ill-equipped to do so. 
 JS> Have you ever read the book "A Confederacy of Dunces" by Toole?  My
 JS> son is scarily like the main character. 
 JS> Jerry Schwartz
 
 Alot of ADHD children have more than one disorder.  I believe Jeremy is 
ADHD/ODD
 I am more concerened with the ODD than ADHD as this can lead to criminal
 behavior.  So I am going to have full testing done to check it out.
 Regina
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