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   From: prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:27:23 +0000 (UTC), N J Marsh  wrote:   
      
   >That's pretty classic. The attentional deficit in ADD is more about   
   >attention regulation, rather than not having any. Over absorption points to   
   >a problem with prioritization of stimuli in much the same way as   
   >distraction, it's a not uncommon characteristic of people with ADD, and   
   >things that offer massive amounts of sensory stimuli and/or novelty are   
   >very likely to evoke this behaviour.   
      
   I've talked to an aikido youth trainer -- aikido is one of the sports that are   
   recommendend for ADD and ADHS kids. She got a bunch (20? 30?) of kids that are   
   sent to class because they are diagnosed ADD/ADDHS, (often by doctors not   
   really   
   qualified to diagnose that, she thinks...). Based on their behaviour, she   
   thinks   
   perhaps one of all the kids might tend towards hyperactivity.   
      
   I've seen the "hyperactive" kids, and to me, a lot look like perfectly normal   
   kids that have been sitting around too long, glad to be somewhere where they   
   are   
   allowed and encouraged to move...   
      
      
   Thomas Prufer   
      
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