Distant Drums, Different Drummers: A Guide for Young People With Adhd
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For review see Ingersoll on p.810.
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“I know Dr. Barbara Ingersoll to be a superb, devoted clinician — sensitive, empathic, truthful, and a profoundly creative thinker. Years before I met her and worked with her, I was recommending her book ‘Your Hyperactive Child’ to parents of my patients as the best book of its type. DISTANT DRUMS, DIFFERENT DRUMMERS is written for those same parents and for young people themselves. It is designed not only to help them understand their ADHD, but to destigmatize their differences and offer suggestions for how to deal with them. It should be read by all children with ADHD and their parents as a beginning antidote to the self-estee…
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Fifteen years ago when my son was first diagnosed, there was little valid information on ADD/ADHD. The books and articles I read left me feeling that the poor child would never get through life without charts and stickers, and that I would probably end up divorced and an alcholic. I stopped reading the books and started enjoying my child.
Eight years ago, my daughter was also diagnosed with ADHD. As was my husband. Life has been far from dull. But, I’ve learned to laugh and roll with the punches. It’s not always easy; I’m a very organized, low energy person. But I wouldn’t trade my ADD Family for all the “normal” families in the world. ADD has taken us places and offered us experiences that most of the people have never known.
People with ADD are the catalists in our society the cause us to get things done. The driving force that keeps us from becoming stagnant. If we don’t have those people that are impulsive, exuberant and thirsty for knowledge, we have no progress. This is the definition of Attention Deficit Disorder that is honest and true, and this is the definition that needs to be presented to the world.
In her book Distant Drums, Different Drummers, Barbara Ingersoll puts forth just such and explanation of people with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. It is the first book I have read that takes a postive view and explains it to the uninitiated populace. It’s more than time that such a book existed and it should be required reading for all school teachers and administrators. I have bought this book and donated it to my children’s schools.
If your child was recently diagnosed, READ THIS BOOK FIRST! There are tough times ahead, but Distant Drums, Different Drummers will give you the certain knowledge that though your life will not be boring, you are raising someone with the ability to change the world around them.