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[quote=Anonymous]No opinion on quarter vs semester for ADHD but probably both are fine.

But as a private practice physician, I will say that someone with slow processing speed will not thrive as a physician and will burn out before they even become a doctor.  Physicians work at top speed all day long, literally as fast as we can, staying laser focused and sharp, and also smiling and compassionate with the patient. No set schedule in terms of eating or using the bathroom - it happens when there is a minute, no scheduled lunch break or other breaks.  There are no accommodation in residency or working life for slow processing speeds.

I have a kid with super fast processing speed who would do great in medicine if they choose it.

I have another kid with slow processing speed (who does not get accommodations because I want kid to adapt to the real world - getting straight A's) and I would not let this kid pursue an MD.  Something else in healthcare, maybe, but wouldn't keep up in med school.

In medicine, you have to move and think as fast as you can literally all day long for decades.  And I love that about the field because I am super highly functioning, and anything less would bore me.  Average processing speed or slow just won't be the right fit.

Do your kid a favor and guide them into another profession.  If you're not in medicine, you have no idea how fast our minds work... not many other professions have to think so fast and remember so much information.

Good luck![/quote]

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