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Coaching parents helps them manage their frustrations and be an effective model for their children. It's tough and coaching can help!

“My Child’s Short Fuse Lights My Short Fuse.” “Maybe soon I’ll add ‘measured response to frustration’ to the list of things I can pass on to my children. It’s not as fun as singing ditties about teachers or toilets, but it’s arguably a more essential skill that will serve them well in their own lives.”

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ADHD is often misunderstood. What is this common condition really all about? Get the facts on ADHD at https://chadd.org/about-adhd/overview/ and share what you've learned during ADHD Awareness Month.

Talking adult ADHD with U of M For National ADHD Awareness Month in October, Dr. Lidia Zylowska with the University of Minnesota Medical School and M Health Fairview discusses adult ADHD.

For those of you looking for a clear, concise overview of executive functioning, check out this ADDitude article.

Your Executive Functions Are Weak. Here's Why. ADHD and Executive Function Disorder (EFD) are tightly linked, but far from synonymous. They both make it exceedingly difficult to complete tasks and stay organized, but EFD impacts nearly all goal-directed behavior. How to tell the difference — and get it under control.

Let’s talk about the folks who are trying to backtrack on mocking Gus Walz because they didn’t know he had a disability.

Right. Okay. So …

Let’s start with the fact that he’s a seventeen year old kid who was so proud of his dad, whom he obviously loves deeply, that he was moved to tears. That’s beautiful, and a hell of a testament to their relationship.

But sure, some people thought his reaction was over the top and “weird.” And therefore fair game. Until they heard he has a disability.

(So, to recap, it would have been a-okay in that crowd to bully a typical kid for *acting atypical* but maybe he should be off limits now that they know he has a diagnosis.)

Pull up a chair, won’t you, friends?

Being an accepting, inclusive, and not completely sh*tty human isn’t about having access to everyone’s medical records. It’s about humanity. It’s about not having to know that there’s a label for a fellow human’s unique constellation of strengths and challenges in order to approach them with compassion.

It’s about not needing an explanation for why someone comes across a little - or a lot - differently from the average bear in order to indulge their quirks, celebrate their differences, support their challenges and accommodate their access needs, to give them extra time and love and leeway.

Labels / diagnoses / identities are important and valid and helpful in a million different ways, but they shouldn’t ever be the ticket that we demand from others before granting them entry into the arena of our empathy. The only fare needed is humanity.

So lay off the kid. Not just because he has a disability, but because he’s human, and that’s reason enough.

** Editing to add: Since so many of y’all are determined to turn this into some kind of “gotcha” moment that it really, really isn’t, let me save us all some time and trouble by telling you right here in the post that, Yes, I did say exactly the same thing when people were talking about Barron Trump …

https://www.facebook.com/share/VN1A56cxb1W6Ys63/?mibextid=WC7FNe

{image is a photo of Gus joyfully hugging his Dad on stage last night, flanked by his sister, Hope, and his mom, Gwen, who is just out of the frame.}

Great news! The 2nd edition of the book, Late, Lost & Unprepared is available on Amazon.

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