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26 Positive Things about ADD &

46 Famous People With ADD

 

Since we normally only hear the negative aspects of ADD/ADHD, you might like to see the impressive list of positive qualities associated with ADD/ADHD.

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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

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There are many celebrities, scholars, artists, poets, actors, comedians, scientists, musicians, writers, athletes, generals inhe 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 amous people who used their high energy and creativity to become successful adults. What would our world be like ift hey had been labeled, ridiculed, and discounted as troublemakers or hyperactive misfits?

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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

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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 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!