Get To Know Your Peer(s) With Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

How You Can Help:
1. Be respectful
2. Invite the student to play games with you
3. Make the student feel a part of the classroom community
4. Share toys
5. Invite the student to participate in activities with you (ex: listening to music)
6. Offer help when you see they are having difficulties
7. Show the student how to stay on task
8. Be a model (ex: for responses and actions)
9. Ask the student questions (get to know their likes and dislikes)
10. Be kind
11. Be patient
12. Ask an adult if you need help or have questions

Famous People with ADD or ADHD:

Inventors that have created innovations that have changed people's lives:

Alexander Graham Bell
Albert Einstein
The Wright Brothers


Artists:
Leonardo da  Vinci
Pablo Picasso
Walt Disney


Musicians:
Mozart
Beethoven
John Lennon
Ozzy Osbourne


Actors: 
Robin Williams
Tom Cruise
Jim Carey
Bill Cosby


Athletes:
Bruce Jenner
Magic Johnson


Politicians and statesmen:
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Prince Charles
Winston Churchill


Source: http://adult-add.org/many-successful-people-have-add.htm