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ADHD and the Edison Gene: A Drug-Free Approach to Managing the Unique Qualities of Your Child

Thom Hartmann

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Description for ADHD and the Edison Gene: A Drug-Free Approach to Managing the Unique Qualities of Your Child Paperback. Explores how the ADHD gene is and has been critical to humanity's development Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: VFD; VFJB; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
In ADHD and the Edison Gene, Thom Hartmann shows that the creativity, impulsiveness, risk taking, distractibility, and novelty seeking that are characteristic of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are not signs of a disorder at all but instead are components of a highly adaptive skill set utilized by our hunting and gathering ancestors. These characteristics have been critical to the survival and development of our modern civilization and will be vital as humanity faces new challenges in the future.

Hartmann, creator of the "hunter versus farmer" theory of ADHD, examines the differences in neurology between people with ADHD ... Read more

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Publisher

Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2015

Condition

New

Weight

477g

Number of Pages

288

Place of Publication

Rochester, United States

ISBN

9781620555064

SKU

V9781620555064

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99-25

About Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann is a progressive nationally and internationally syndicated talkshow host and an award-winning New York Times bestselling author of 24 books, including Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, which inspired Leonardo DiCaprio’s film The 11th Hour. A former psychotherapist and founder of the Hunter School, a residential and day school for children ... Read more

Reviews for ADHD and the Edison Gene: A Drug-Free Approach to Managing the Unique Qualities of Your Child

“Like Edison, Thom Hartmann is a visionary who uses history to illuminate the potential cost to society of shackling unique minds aching to soar. He questions the cultural imperative that compels us to label what is outside the bell curve as pathological rather than extraordinary. In this new edition, Hartmann urges us to nurture the fearlessly innovative child and celebrate ... Read moretheir differences. Our futures will ultimately be shaped by those undaunted by the spectra of the impossible
because they have been taught to believe in their own self-worth.”
Ellen Littman, Ph.D., coauthor of Understanding Girls with ADHD
“Instead of pathologizing the differences we call ADHD, we need to value neurodiversity, and Thom’s book shows us in rich detail how and why this is true. Thom’s work can help protect children and adults from the devastating effects of being viewed through a pervasive pathological lens
a much more severe problem than ADHD could ever be!”
Sari Solden, M.S., L.M.F.T., psychotherapist and author of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder and
“Thom Hartmann has made one of the most important contributions to transforming our understanding of ADHD. Thom was the first to consider ADHD in an evolutionary context. He showed that ADHD has not only a significant survival advantage in hunter gatherer societies, but that it also confers powerful advantages in our contemporary civilization. Thom was one of the very first to comment on the link between ADHD and creativity. He will be recognized as a pioneer contributing to the reconceptualization of ADHD from being simply a ‘disorder’ to being viewed as a ‘mode of thought’ characterized by strengths, such as enhanced creativity.”
Richard Silberstein Ph.D., professor emeritus, Swinburne University of Technology
"From the marvelous mind, and lively pen of Thom Hartmann comes this new opportunity to celebratethe magnificent diversity of how we learn to thrive Read it... and start a new conversation with your kids."
Rabbi Hillel Zeitlin, Director, The Maryland Institute for Ericksonian Hypnosis & Psychotherapy
“The very gene associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have helped humans survive sudden climate changes before the end of the ice age. Thom Hartmann explains that children and adults with ADHD have characteristics such as risk-taking, distractibility, creativity and impulsiveness that are ideal for life paths that could well save us in the future. They're ideally suited to becoming entrepreneurs, explorers, inventors, innovators, emergency room physicians and fighter pilots. Drugs are not the answer; nor is the structured education system which has no room for "problem" children. Hartmann has strategies to help parents and teachers bring out the best in so-called hyperactive kids.”
Nexus, February 2016
“The very gene associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have helped humans survive sudden climate changes before the end of the ice age.…children and adults with ADHD have characteristics such as risk-taking, distractibility, creativity and impulsiveness that are ideal for life paths that could well save us in the future. They’re ideally suited to becoming entrepreneurs, explorers, inventors, innovators, ER physicians and fighter pilots. Hartman has strategies to help parents and teachers bring out the best in so-called hyperactive kids.”
Nexus Magazine, March 2016
“There is a lot of practical advice on how to interact and encourage ‘Edison Gene’ children; showing how to celebrate their skills rather than condemn their behavior. I found this book insightful, informative and inspirational. The message I took away from this book was: ‘child-hood’ is not a psychological disorder
stop drugging our kids.”
New Dawn, Sandy Brightman, March 2016
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