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[quote=Anonymous]I’m at this crossroads myself. For those saying sorry not sorry, what an outdated view. Players with adhd might have some challenges but also talk about gifts they can bring to the team!

In our case we would never even want “special treatment” but I think it would be helpful to be aware so as to mitigate misunderstanding about who he is, but unfortunately we pause bc we know there’s such a negative bias towards adhd out there and we don’t know how his coach sees it. And yet, *not* saying anything leads to misunderstanding of who he is, and usually not in a positive way.

In our case the biggest challenge is a part of working memory, which is only really impacted in training. So if a new and complicated drill is introduced and “regular” kids need three instruction repeats, my kid might need five. But once he gets it…wow can he ever work with it in ways no one else can. So if a coach could understand that, then he wouldn’t misinterpret the need for additional repetition as stupidity (he’s actually gifted) or aloofness, or lack of interest…etc.

ADHD is often misunderstood as laziness or lack of interest or other personality/character flaws. It is none of these things and simply being aware of the difference *could* lead coaches to more quickly taking advantage of the many gifts that come along, like creativity, dynamism, complex pattern recognition, intuition, etc.

So yeah. On the fence about being transparent.[/quote]

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