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  Short answer, says Franki: ADHD is not a myth. Read the full post:  Why Do People Still Think ADHD Is a Myth? For more posts by and about Franki, click  HERE . Book Description: Selected as Independent Authors' Network Book of the Year as the Outstanding Parenting Book and winner of the Literary Titan Gold Award, I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them, is the ultimate survival guide for parents living through one of the strangest times in history. This " how to guide" will support you even if you are exhausted and burnt out in improving your child(ren)'s behavior. Written by an expert with 20 years of experience in behavioral observation in the classroom, in overnight camp, and more. Franki's storyteller cadence helps the book to read as if it's a casual conversation and pep talk between two parents over coffee. Franki is raw, authentic, and honest about her own "mom fails" and what she has learned in her own little lab school, as she rai...

  We tend to imagine intelligence as order — a mind that sorts, reasons, and stays ahead of the curve. ADHD, by contrast, is often seen as disorder — a mind that leaps, forgets, and interrupts itself. Yet the two can live in the same brain, not as opposites but as uneasy roommates. A high‑IQ person with ADHD can think faster than they can act. Their ideas outpace their executive function. They see ten solutions before breakfast but forget to eat it. They can design systems, write symphonies, or solve equations — yet lose their keys, miss deadlines, and feel perpetually behind. It’s not laziness; it’s a mismatch between cognition and coordination. Sometimes, giftedness hides ADHD. The person compensates through brilliance — memorizing instead of organizing, improvising instead of planning. Teachers call them “creative but scattered.” Employers call them “brilliant but inconsistent.” The diagnosis comes late, if at all. Other times, ADHD hides giftedness. The person’s distractibil...

  Though never formally diagnosed, many scholars believe Albert Einstein exhibited traits consistent with ADHD: forgetfulness, restlessness, and difficulty with traditional schooling. He was often labeled a poor student, yet his mind operated on a different frequency—one that saw the universe not as it was, but as it could be. Einstein’s ability to hyperfocus on abstract problems, his unconventional thinking, and his resistance to rigid systems all mirror ADHD strengths. His theories of relativity weren’t just scientific breakthroughs—they were acts of cognitive rebellion. Einstein’s legacy reframes ADHD not as disorder, but as divergence. His story invites us to see brilliance in the margins. post inspired by  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain  by Kristin Wilcox and Andrew Wilcox Book description: In this two-part book Andrew and his neuroscientist mom each tell their story about living with the inattentive subtype of ADHD. How do you survive life...