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References: What ADHD Is And Is Not

  1. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Wikipedia - Comprehensive overview of ADHD's definition, symptoms, causes, and history, with extensive sourcing. The natural companion to this chapter's foundations and myth-corrections.

  2. Attention - Wikipedia - The psychology and neuroscience of attention as a selective process, expanding this chapter's spotlight model with the research traditions behind it.

  3. Neurodiversity - Wikipedia - History and debates of the neurodiversity framework, useful context for this chapter's strengths-honest position between "just a difference" and "just a disorder."

  4. Driven to Distraction (Revised Edition) - Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey - Anchor Books - Hallowell and Ratey's 1994 classic destigmatized ADHD for a generation; Hallowell's "race-car brain with bicycle brakes" analogy remains the most widely quoted plain-language description of the regulation difference this chapter teaches.

  5. Taking Charge of ADHD (Fourth Edition) - Russell A. Barkley - Guilford Press - Barkley pioneered the evidence-first parent guide: every myth this chapter retires (laziness, willpower, parenting-as-cause) is dismantled in his signature fact-versus-fiction format, backed by the research he helped build.

  6. About ADHD - Overview - CHADD - The national resource center's plain-language overview of ADHD, prevalence, and evidence-based information — a reliable first stop for newly diagnosed families.

  7. ADHD - NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health - The US federal research agency's ADHD page: signs, causes, diagnosis, and current research directions, updated as evidence evolves.

  8. ADHD Evidence Project - Stephen Faraone et al. - Home of the International Consensus Statement: 208 evidence-based conclusions about ADHD endorsed by hundreds of researchers — the strongest single antidote to the misinformation this chapter teaches readers to filter.

  9. ADHD - MedlinePlus - US National Library of Medicine - Curated, plain-language links to vetted ADHD information across the US health system, useful for verifying claims against Chapter 1's five-question filter.

  10. ADDitude Magazine - ADDitude - The largest consumer publication on ADHD, with clinician-reviewed articles; a good example of media done well — and a place to practice this chapter's source-evaluation skills.