ADHD
What is ADHD?
Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a neurological condition which is estimated to affect approximately 1% of children in the UK, although figures in the U.S are 3-5%. Dr Christopher Green, an Australian Paediatrician, believes that 2% of Australia's school children are disadvantaged by this condition and it is possible that 10% may have a mild degree of the disorder. Though widely diagnosed and treated in the U.S and Australia, the condition, as yet, is not widely recognised in the UK.
The first behaviours are often found in early childhood, most children start to become recognised as having ADHD between the ages of 5 & 9 years. The condition continues throughout the school years and it is thought that 60% of children will carry some symptoms through to adulthood.
Source adders.org
