ADHD and Me

What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table

By: Blake E. S. Taylor, Lara Honos-Webb (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 2 February 2008

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Blake Taylor's mother first suspected he had ADHD when he, at only three years of age, tried to push his infant sister and her car seat off the kitchen table. As time went by, Blake developed a reputation for being unpredictable and impulsive. He shattered sliding glass doors to watch them break, was lashed to a chair by a frustrated babysitter and, yes, set fires at his family's dinner table. Blake was diagnosed formally with ADHD when he was five years old.In this book he tells the story of the next twelve years as he learns to live with both the good and bad sides of life with ADHD. Blake's memoir offers, for the first time, a young person's account of what it's like to live and grow up with this common condition. It will be an inspiration and companion to the thousands of others like him who must find a way to thrive with a different perspective than many of us. The book features an introduction by psychologist Lara Honos-Webb, author of "The Gift of ADHD" and a leading advocate for kids with ADHD.

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Blake Taylor's book, ADHD and Me, is stereotype-busting from the outset. How can a whirlwind of a boy, now young man, like Blake, write such a lucid, disclosing, revealing, and, above all, insightful book? The book blends extremely personal descriptions of situations, binds, conflicts, and realities, some humorous and some deadly serious, with extremely useful practical information on how to cope with and overcome the often-devastating symptoms and impairments related to ADHD. Most of all, the book serves to humanize a label and a condition that are too frequently viewed with skepticism and even derision. This is a must-read for people of all ages who are concerned with ADHD, mental illness, treatment, coping, and stigma.
—Stephen P. Hinshaw, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley

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Tied to the kitchen chair 2nd grade	p. 1
Being distracted: the odyssey 10th grade	p. 7
Being impulsive: lighting fires at the dinner table 9th grade	p. 21
Being disorganized: the algebra final 10th grade	p. 33
Being hyperactive: the T. rex preschool	p. 45
Having tics: the roman conquest of carthage 6th grade	p. 55
Being unpopular: my best friend Aki 5th grade	p. 65
Being bullied: the tape recorder 6th grade	p. 79
Being isolated: the first dance 6th grade	p. 93
Being misunderstood: calling in the experts preschool	p. 105
Being blamed: the wicked witch of Hurlbutt 1st grade	p. 119
Being rigid: running the mile 7th grade	p. 129
Being disobedient: spiders 12th grade	p. 139
Being discriminated against: the private school interview 8th grade	p. 153
Taking control: the revolution 10th grade	p. 161
Being gifted: the Ferrari 3rd grade	p. 167
References	p. 175
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