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Respected organizations and individuals, including the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD), Dr. Russell Barkley (ADHD: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment), and Dr. Edward Hallowell (Driven to Distraction) have endorsed Coaching as a vital missing link for achieving success.

“In the midst of all the chaos swirling through your brain, all the disorganization and impulsiveness, the condition (ADHD) also seems to trigger a certain kind of creativity.” – David Neeleman,  CEO of JetBlue

Famous people known to have, or have had, ADHD/ADD:

Architect  Frank Lloyd Wright

Artists  Salvador Dali Pablo Picasso Vincent Van Gogh

Athletes  Terry Bradshaw Michael Phelps Pete Rose Nolan Ryan Michael Jordan Jason Kidd

Authors  Charlotte and Emily Bronte Samuel Clemens Emily Dickenson Edgar Allan Poe Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost George Bernard Shaw Henry David Thoreau Leo Tolstoy Tennessee Williams Virginia Woolf William Butler Yeats

Composer  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders  Andrew Carnegie Malcolm Forbes Henry Ford Bill Gates David Neeleman Paul Orfalea Ted Turner

Explorers  Christopher Columbus Lewis and Clark

Entertainers  Ann Bancroft Jim Carrey Steve McQueen Jack Nicholson Ty Pennington Elvis Presley Evil and Robbie Knievel Sylvester Stallone Robin Williams Wright Brothers

Inventors  Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Benjamin Franklin

Photographer  Ansel Adams

Physicist  Albert Einstein

Political Figures  James Carville John F. Kennedy

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Recommended Books

Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood, by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

Delivered from Distraction : Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder, by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey

ADHD: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment, by Russell A. Barkley

Fidget to Focus : Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD, by Roland Rotz and Sarah Wright

Is It You, Me or Adult A.D.D.?, by Gina Pera

Organizations and Websites

CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

http://www.chadd.org

With over 20,000 members and 200 affiliates and local chapters nationwide, CHADD is the nation’s leading non-profit organization serving individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

The National Resource Center on ADHD (NRC)

www.help4adhd.org

The National Resource Center on ADHD offers current research findings, information on diagnosis, treatment and interventions, and quality-of-life information about the disorder that is geared for health professionals, educators, researchers, parents and policy- makers. The center was established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), a national ADHD advocacy organization, in response to what the CDC considers to be a growing public health concern. The NRC was created to meet the information needs of both professionals and the general public.

ADHD and Women

http://www.help4adhd.org/living/womengirls/WWK19

National Institute of Mental Health Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.cfm

The National Institute of Mental Health is the lead Federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government’s principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Internet Mental Health ADHD Information Center

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-ch01.html

This site includes information on diagnosis, treatment, and research, and includes links to booklets and magazine articles.

The following site talks about the research on benefits of green outdoor time on reducing ADHD symptoms.

http://lhhl.illinois.edu/adhd.htm

The following ADHD websites are recommended from Dr. Russell Barkley’s site at www.russellbarkley.org:

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