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ADHD: Disorder or Difference? | Writing, ADD, and Culture
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Writing, ADD, and Culture. Reflections on the contact zones between these topics. Creativity, Disorder, and the Madness of History. Notes on ADHD and Gender →. ADHD: Disorder or Difference? September 7, 2012. An interesting discussion in my writing class today–should we use the term “disorder” or “difference” to describe the neurodevelopmental condition that my sixteen students share and that brought them into my class? To a lay version of the theory, published a long time ago but still salient.). Fill i...
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Notes on ADHD and Gender | Writing, ADD, and Culture
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Writing, ADD, and Culture. Reflections on the contact zones between these topics. ADHD: Disorder or Difference? Notes on ADHD and Gender. September 12, 2012. A post on another blog. Some progress has been made since that time, thanks to the work of people like Nancy Ratey. I don’t believe that this is the case–it is not a position that I would defend. At the same time, I’m not entirely comfortable with the argument that we should just increase diagnosis of ADHD in females so that pa...There also are horm...
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Writing, ADD, and Culture. Reflections on the contact zones between these topics. Educational consultant, poet, former journalist, Professor of English and Journalism, focused on issues of writing, ADD, and culture. Notes on ADHD and Gender. September 12, 2012. ADHD: Disorder or Difference? September 7, 2012. This came in the context of my review … Continue reading →. Creativity, Disorder, and the Madness of History. September 6, 2012. ADD, College Writing, and Mystification. September 5, 2012. My first ...
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Writing, ADD, and Culture. Reflections on the contact zones between these topics. Newer posts →. August 30, 2012. As I get ready to start, I’m struck by the apparent disparity of what I teach–academic writing, poetry, and journalism seem oddly joined in my workload, and perhaps also in my own practice as a writer. Continue reading →. Understanding ADHD: A Middle Ground. August 28, 2012. Has been at the forefront of this discussion, with a series of op-ed pieces. No Child Left Behind. October 22, 2011.
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Creativity, Disorder, and the Madness of History | Writing, ADD, and Culture
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Writing, ADD, and Culture. Reflections on the contact zones between these topics. ADD, College Writing, and Mystification. ADHD: Disorder or Difference? Creativity, Disorder, and the Madness of History. September 6, 2012. Was published in yesterday’s issue of “The Commons,” Brattleboro’s independent weekly. I’ve re-posted here as well since the link may be hard to read in some browsers. It’s a screed, but I like it:. As a poet, I think a lot about the nature of creativity and how it intersects with other...