How does Attention Deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects children?
About 1.5% of children aged between 5 and 15 will be correctly diagnosed with ADHD. It is more common in boys. In children with learning disabilities the rates go up to 20% and in cases of autism spectrum disorder the rates of ADHD can be found in about a 3 rd of them. The child suffering tends to exhibit listening difficulties and show extremely high impulsive behavior. A child will be very easily distracted, daydreaming, forgetting and losing things very frequently. Children with ADHD are overactive, frequently fidgety and restless, leave their seat constantly in the classroom without permission or talk excessively. The child suffering tends to find it difficult to resist their impulses. They make control or interrupt conversations and blurt out answers before the question is complete. Some may be prone to risk taking behavior, doing things without taking time to think about whether it’s safe, displaying little or no sense of danger. Children with ADHD will have tantrums, disru...