For decades, the mainstream medical narrative surrounding ADHD has been dominated by a single, clinical perspective: ADHD is a severe, unmitigated disability of the prefrontal cortex. The leading architect of this view, the retired Dr. Russell Barkley, gave the world…
For decades, clinicians working with neurodivergent populations have screamed for at least some acknowledgment of how unresolved childhood trauma impacts behavior in adulthood. The APA DSM paid lip service to this issue about eight years ago and has gradually increased…
During my time teaching mathematics at Poinciana High School, the school’s grade improved from a C to an A. With the principal’s approval, I investigated how severe sleep deprivation caused by late-night social media use on electronic devices had become.…