ADHD
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- noun
- /ˌeɪˌdiːˌeɪtʃˈdiː/
- Specialized
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TDAH
- Have you been checked for ADHD?
- children with ADHD
- ADHD symptoms
- diagnosed with ADHD
But he's, like, debating whether he has ADHD or autism.
- But he's, like, debating whether he has ADHD or autism.
- I'm about to be assessed for ADHD and ASD.
- So that could be dyslexia, ADHD, autism, hyperlexia.
- OK, so people with ADHD have trouble holding their attention.
- I was diagnosed with ADHD and felt like I was stupid.
- When you take stimulants as an ADHD person, it calms you.
- So just know my ADHD didn't disappear or go away.
- And he said to me, when did you get your ADHD diagnosis?
- The only diagnosis I have is ADHD and ADD.
- So being ADHD, I'm a mess and I run late.
- And those can sometimes lead to clinical ADHD and ADD.
- I've been told that what I experienced is my ADHD.
Examples
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I have ADHD, too.
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OK, so people with ADHD have trouble holding their attention.
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Sometimes my ADHD got the better of me.
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I have ADHD, so it just helps me with my education.
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So yeah, I think ADHD is a response to stress.
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I was diagnosed with ADHD and felt like I was stupid.
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As a kid, I got diagnosed with ADHD twice.
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Fifty-four children had been diagnosed with ADHD, and the remaining 101 children served as a typically developing comparison group.
Academic text (2011) -
The present study extends work on story comprehension among children with ADHD by examining the structures of stories created by these children.
Academic text (2011) -
Many children with ADHD struggle to stay focused during class activities.
Synonyms
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A condition where children have trouble paying attention and often act without thinking or are very restless
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A condition that makes it hard to pay attention and sometimes makes people very active or act without thinking
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A condition often in children causing trouble paying attention, being very active and acting without thinking
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A childhood condition causing learning and behavior problems and too much activity
A health problem in children, often boys, causing too much activity, trouble behaving and learning problems
A condition in children that makes them restless and have trouble paying attention, now called ADHD
Surface Forms
Morphology
ADHD = A + D + H + D
ADHD is an initialism (letters standing for a multiword phrase); the letters themselves do not convey the meaning, so the meaning is not derivable from the component letters.
Etymology
ADHD is a short name made from Attention, Deficit, Hyperactivity, and Disorder, where Deficit means 'lack' and Hyperactivity means 'too much activity'. So the letters A‑D‑H‑D are an easy memory: trouble paying attention, extra restless movement, and a health problem that can make daily life harder.