Alderson, Priscilla;
(2003)
Debating ADHD.
Young Minds Magazine
, 66
(18)
pp. 18-19.
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Abstract
Why are reported rates of the fairly new disorder ADHD rising so rapidly? This could have more to do with social changes than personal illness. Some deeply disturbed children do need medical help, but millions of others in Britain and North America are being diagnosed with ADHD, who would not have been seen as sick a few years ago. There have been great social changes over the past 20 years that restrict children’s activity. Schools have a far more rigid curriculum and regular tests. Even 4 year olds have daily maths and literacy hours and homework and struggle to attend to lessons that in other countries they would not begin until they are 6 or 7; many are locked into early failure. The twenty per cent of young people who leave English schools with no qualifications may have been bored and restless (ADHD?) during some lessons. League table competitions encourage schools to punish and reject challenging students rather than to help them.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Debating ADHD |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.youngminds.org.uk/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10004970 |
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