ADHD has been a subject of great controversy and debate. A number of people who have been diagnosed with the syndrome—some of them psychologists and psychiatrists—have challenged the notion that personality traits such as inattentiveness, impulsivity, and distractibility deserve the label symptoms. They contend that many people labeled as having ADHD are neither “deficient” nor “disordered”—they are simply different. ADHD, this vocal minority argues, is not a mental disorder at all but a different state of mind, and it is because of this difference that people with ADHD often do not function well in standard learning or work environments. It ...(100 of 1920 words)