ADD and ADHD is a disorder within the prefrontal cortex. It is believed that the brain wiring differs from other people. Many people view ADD as both a gift and a disorder, having a direct effect on all human functions. However, it mainly affects the executing, planning, and organizations areas of the brain.
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Disabilities of Learning
ADHD is accompanied in 30-40% of the cases by a disability in learning, specific for this disease.
Before school age, it manifests itself through the fact that the child has obviously some problems in the understanding and perception of some speech elements such as words, sounds , or even pronunciation , doubled at school age by writing and mathematical lack of organization, disorder, reading and spelling problems. Dyslexia, a kind of reading disorder appears in 8 % of the cases.
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