Val’s AD/HD Coaching Slideshow
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 & Delivered From 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