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A distressing trend is emerging, among a group I refer to as "Neo-Darwinists," who imply or state flat-out that people with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are genetically dysfunctional, less evolved than the rest of us, and thus have nothing to contribute to our culture whatsoever. Some have even called for ADHD adults to not have children, for fear that this "defect" will continue to spread. Others use the straw-man scare tactic of threatening that any discussion of ADHD which isn’t purely "it’s a genetic sickness" could lead to loss of funding for special education for ADHD children, or loss of profits to pharmaceutical manufacturers and practitioners who make their living working with ADHD children.

Sandra’s parents looked across the table at me with a deep sadness in their eyes.

“We can handle her struggles with academics,” said Bonnie. “She’s in a private school and has a tutor, and is learning how to learn. But at twelve years old she should know how to make friends.”

Many thoughtful people on all sides of the ADD issue have asked me this question. One of the most articulate put it quite succinctly when he said that if he’d been alive 10,000 years ago he would have been doomed because “I’d forget to take my spear with me when we left for the hunt!”

SPECT scans are dangerous to children or adults, and can cause cancer 10 or 20 years down the road even when only used once to "diagnose" ADHD. Here's how it works.