The July 4 holiday holds some significant dangers for children, especially children living with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder). read how to prevent burns and keep children safe around fireworks.

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Impulse Control: Helping ADHD Students Manage Their Behaviors ADDitude ADHD children often get in trouble for acting on their impulses. Find techniques for home and school that will help children with attention deficit disorder ... and more »

Housing Complex Refused to Promote Apprentice With ADD, Agency Charged Brooklyn, NY -- Starrett City, Inc., a federally funded housing complex in Brooklyn, will pay $70,000 to a former employee to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Starrett City refused to promote Ryan Burrowes to a permanent position of operating mechanic because he has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), a form

For decades, scientists have been making claims about the genetic roots of mental illness, ranging from schizophrenia and depression, to bipolar disorder and attention deficit disorder (ADHD). And for decades, they’ve largely been chasing ghosts. Eric Kandel, writing for Newsweek , makes the at-least-annual appeal that scientists are making “certain advances in genetics” which give “us new reasons for optimism” in understanding the biological basis for mental illness. As someone who’s been tr

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