26 Positive Things about ADD and
46 Famous People With ADD
by Katherine West
Since we normally only hear the negative aspects of ADD-ADHD, I decided to list the positive qualities that most ADD-ADHD people possess. Although some of these qualities may lean toward ADD or ADHD separately, overall most people with this disorder fit very closely with almost all of these personality types. As I promised in an earlier column, here is the list of positive attributes that people with this disorder possess.
| Extremely intelligent Adaptable to change (they try new things) Energetic Visionaries or dreamers Humble Resilient Hardworking Athletic Imaginative Creative Fun-loving Very optimistic Humorous | Determined Insightful Very visual Trusting Open-minded Deeply compassionate Artistic Passionate Sensitive Verbally advanced Mechanically inclined or very kinesthetic Charismatic Enthusiastic |
There are many celebrities, scholars, artists, poets, actors, comedians, scientists, musicians, writers, athletes, generals in the military, presidents, world leaders, and even royalty who are now thought to have been ADD-ADHD or are currently ADD and/or ADHD. Many doctors and lawyers are also ADD or ADHD. The following is a list of just a few of these very famous people who used their high energy and creativity to become successful adults. What would our world be like if they had been labeled, ridiculed, and discounted as troublemakers or hyperactive misfits?
| Einstein Leonardo DaVinci Socrates Mozart Beethoven Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell Orville and Wilbur Wright Steven Spielberg Henry David Thoreau Woodrow Wilson Bill Cosby Edgar Allen Poe Nolan Ryan John F. Kennedy F. Scott Fitzgerald Whoopi Goldberg Ernest Hemingway Dustin Hoffman Abraham Lincoln Galileo William Randolph Hearst George Bernard Shaw | Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat Ann Bancroft Magic Johnson John Lennon Nostradamus John D. Rockafeller Michael Jordan Pete Rose Bruce Jenner Napoleon General George Patton Pablo Picasso Babe Ruth Harry Belafonte George Burns Andrew Carnegie Salvador Dali Dwight D. Eisenhower William Butler Yeats Prince Charles Louis Carroll Eleanor Roosevelt Louis Pasteur |
The world laughed at many of these people. The Wright Brothers were told by townspeople in the Ohio town that they lived in that they were nuts if they thought they could make their contraption fly. Einstein was told that he was stupid, and he would never learn. What do all of these people have in common? Not only did they have ADD-ADHD, but they also changed the world. Many of the people that I listed are still changing the world with their creativity, spirit, and vision. If you are ADD and/or ADHD or your child is, show them this list. Ask them what would our world be like if we never dared to dream? What would it be like if we never wanted to be different? Embrace your differences and strive to change the world!
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