ADHD & injuries

I've always noticed that my ADHD son is "accident prone." He's clumsy and, it seems, is always having yet another mishap. I began to wonder if this was in any way related to his ADHD. Or, was he really just clumsy? I found several articles online that discuss this very issue. Come to find out it's not just him. Children with ADHD are more prone to injuries and accidents. This is due to various factors such as carelessness, not thinking of consequences before engaging in high risk activities, etc. Here are a few articles for further reading on this topic:

• ADHD & Risk of Injuries - an article by the CDC
• ADHD-Schools article
• ADHD & Accidents - teen options article
• ADHD Safety Issues article

My son recently spent 1 1/2 weeks with his grandmother and grandfather. They live three hours away from us and he had an absolutely wonderful time. When his dad and I went to pick him up we discovered that his grandmother had taken it upon herself to change the dosage of his ADHD medication (Focalin) while he was there. His current dosage is 3 pills (10mg each) a day. She decided that he only needed 1/2 pill twice a day! She said that he seemed to be fine with the lower dose. I then carefully explained to her (as she is my mother-in-law)that there was a perfectly good reason for that. At her house he is the center of attention. He does whatever he wants whenever he wants. However, at our house things are much different. He has his 5 year old brother to contend with, he has tutoring to go to, day camp to attend, etc. Therefore, circumstances require the medication dosage that his doctor prescribed. The reason I am sharing this story is this... if you have an ADHD child going away to grandma's for a visit, you may want to address this issue before it happens.

ADHD & LD Quizzes

Do you think you or your child may have ADHD or LD? Not quite sure what the symptoms are? Or, want to test your knowledge on the subject in general? Here are a few online quizzes you can take on these topics.

• How much do you know about ADHD quiz
• Does your child have ADHD quiz
• Do you have adult ADHD quiz
• Myths vs. Facts quiz
• Adult ADHD Knowledge quiz
• ADHD knowledge builder quiz
• Is it adult ADHD quiz
• ADHD knowledge quiz
• Could your child have ADHD quiz
• ADHD is this your child quiz
• Social skills quiz
• Does your child have LD quiz