ADHD. Though she hasn't been quite as vocal about it as some of the other celebrities on our list, actress Emma Watson has long dealt with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, or ADHD. Reportedly, Watson was first diagnosed as a child, and has since remained on medication to help her focus and control her behavior.
Mathematician John Nash is one of the most famous people with intellectual disabilities. The 2001 film A Beautiful Mind was based on the story of his life managing his disabilities.
Dysgraphia is a neurological condition and learning difference in which someone has difficulty with writing for their age level. This can range from issues with the physical act of writing to issues with translating thoughts into written words.
1. Michael Phelps. ADHD made schoolwork difficult for Phelps when he was little.
A comparison with DNA from unaffected patients showed an abnormality in the sequences. Thayer's study shows that the ADHD group of children had larger and more frequent variations. Fathers with ADHD will pass this code discrepancy to offspring. Barkley explains that the heritability of ADHD runs around 80 percent.
Adam Levine
As lead singer of Maroon 5 and a vocal coach on the popular TV show The Voice, this adult with ADHD is thriving. Levine was diagnosed early and was able to manage his ADHD as a child. In adulthood, however, his symptoms became incapacitating at times.
Diagnosing Intellectual Disability
A full-scale IQ score of around 70 to 75 indicates a significant limitation in intellectual functioning.
The most common disability type, mobility, affects 1 in 7 adults.
Yes. Whether you view attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as neurological — affecting how the brain concentrates or thinks — or consider ADHD as a disability that impacts working, there is no question that the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers individuals with ADHD.
Dysgraphia is a learning disability that sometimes accompanies ADHD and affects writing skills, handwriting and spelling.
The Mayo epidemiological studies refer to specific learning disabilities in written language (SLDs-WL) including dysgraphia as the “forgotten learning disability' (1), which may co-occur with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or occur without it (2).
Dyslexia and dysgraphia are both learning differences. Dyslexia primarily affects reading. Dysgraphia mainly affects writing. While they're different, the two are easy to confuse.
Perhaps one of the most famous figures known to have dyslexia is Albert Einstein, a theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 and has become synonymous with intelligence and wit.
The highest disability rates for children aged 0 to 14 were reported in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, where the disability rate was estimated between 7.0 and 10.4%. By contrast; the lowest levels were reported in Mexico and Spain, with only 1.4 and 1.8%.
Over 4.4 million people in Australia have some form of disability. That's 1 in 5 people. 17.8% of females and 17.6% of males in Australia have disability.
An IQ 97 is considered medium intellect. That is not reason for concern because the majority of individuals on the planet have an average IQ. An IQ 97 indicates that the individual has above-average problem-solving skills for his or her age.
Notably, the average IQ score falls between 85 and 115. A score above 140, meanwhile, is considered to be genius level.
Scores of 80 to 89 are considered low average. Scores of 70 to 79 are considered borderline impaired. Scores of 55 to 69 are considered a mild impairment. Scores of 40 to 54 are considered a moderate impairment.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders affecting children.
Autism spectrum disorder and ADHD are related in several ways. ADHD is not on the autism spectrum, but they have some of the same symptoms. And having one of these conditions increases the chances of having the other. Experts have changed the way they think about how autism and ADHD are related.