This book recounts the experiences of adults living successfully with attention deficit disorder. Acclaimed A.D.D. expert Dr. Lynn Weiss tells the stories of 15 individuals who have learned to incorporate A.D.D. attributes positively into their lives and triumph.
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The range of individuals presented here demonstrates the scope of A.D.D., and its effect not only on those who have it, but also on family members and spouses. (Foreword )
[A.D.D. and Success] details a variety of affected people who've managed to succeed. She views ADD as a unique thought process rather than a disorder. (Jann Mitchell Oregonian )
[A.D.D. and Success] details a variety of affected people who've managed to succeed. She views ADD as a unique thought process rather than a disorder. (Jann Mitchell Oregonian )
[These] positive stories will encourage others with the same sort of "brainwiring" to recognize how they can use ADD's positive aspects to their advantage. (Library Journal )
[A.D.D. and Success] details a variety of affected people who've managed to succeed. She views ADD as a unique thought process rather than a disorder. (Jann Mitchell Oregonian )
[A.D.D. and Success] details a variety of affected people who've managed to succeed. She views ADD as a unique thought process rather than a disorder. (Jann Mitchell Oregonian )
[These] positive stories will encourage others with the same sort of "brainwiring" to recognize how they can use ADD's positive aspects to their advantage. (Library Journal )
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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Looking at ADD from a positive ADD Perspective,
By Paul Weissleder (New York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A.D.D. and Success (Paperback)
Before reading this book, I knew little about the elements that come together to give a person the advantages and challenges of ADD. I just thought it was a fancy name for hyperactivity. Obviously, this book will not make you an expert overnight, but will help by revealing the personal experiences of people who got the right kind of help and support for getting around certain ADD challenges they faced. They did not all have the same problems, nor did they find the same solutions. What they did have in common was a special talent for adaptation that was like a second sense. Finding out how they acquired these talents makes the book more than worth reading. I would read anything on this subject by Lynn Weiss.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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It's about time!,
By A Customer
This review is from: A.D.D. and Success (Paperback)
Well, it's about time somebody stands up and lets others know ADD can be a positve thing.This book is great. Lynn Weiss looks at A.D.D. as a different way of thinking rather than the disability that others have made us believe it is. She is one of the few people that isn't trying the CURE A.D.D. Maybe the rest of the A.D.D. community will start thinking that way too!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Somehow Unsatisfying,
By Melanie (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A.D.D. and Success (Paperback)
This book left me wanting. I hear a lot of rhetoric all the time about the positive aspects of ADD so I wanted some guidance on maximizing mine, and finding a good professional niche that would finally pull things together for me. This wasn't it.
It is really just a collection of stories about people who have found unusual work. But almost all of the individuals "fell" into their solution. So the message is hang out until something falls into your lap? Not helpful. Other stories involved people who had advantages often not available to an ADD adult who has little money or education due to lack of treament -- due to little money -- due to lack of treatment -- due to little money.... I would have liked to see more practical examples, showing why the solution was well suited for the particular ADD type, and how success was acheived step by step so that I can see some clear possibilities and, most importantly, realistic options as an ADD'er. Kudos for the positive approach though!
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