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We had 3 of our children evaluated for ADD and 2 have it: an 8-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl. Reading this as well as researching it online for months, I'm pretty sure that our 17-year-old daughter has it. It's apparently rather common in adopted children because many of them are firstborn and suffered from oxygen deprivation at birth.
It was easy to get the first 3 evaluated, as their elementary schools cooperated fully. We've tried and tried to get the high school to evaluate the teenager but they're like, "Heehee! Don't worry, she's not ADD--she's just an Asian blonde!"
My husband and I have taught forever and we believe with all our hearts that she's ADD; her symptoms are classic and the teachers can't see beyond her "airhead act" (which she drops at home) to see the symptoms. Somehow we're going to get her evaluated.
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