Description

Join Aniesa as she discusses ADHD and how it presents itself differently in girls, and women and how it is so often undiagnosed or missed. Understand the signs and symptoms to be able to spot ADHD, how to overcome the gender bias and the different coping strategies to help a child with ADHD focus.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Why do boys often get diagnosed with ADHD and girls don't? At school, boys are presented differently, as overactive and boisterous. Studies have shown a gender bias towards diagnosing ADHD in boys and other girls, even when the same symptoms have been displayed.
  
• Boys score the highest for learning difficulties or learning problems, hyperactivity, impulsivity and in-attention compared to the girls. However, girls also display these symptoms but they will always be compared to the boys first.

• ADHD can present itself differently, one of the main signs is a lack of impulse control but among girls who are verbally impulsive, over-emotional and easily excitable ADHD can also be a driving factor behind girls behaviour.

• Hyper-focus can be used as a coping strategy to help to curb the times when a child feels as if they have no control over themselves.

BEST MOMENTS

“I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 42 and despite working with those who have it, I never saw it in myself.”

“There is a gender bias, which means that girls don't get diagnosed.”

“If a girl is always in motion or hyperactive, we might say that she is boyish or tomboy because she loves physical activities, but it's not typically what girls do.”

CONTACT METHOD

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ABOUT THE HOST

Aniesa completed her degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of Stellenbosch, in South Africa. She has since been focusing on paediatrics and sensory processing and integration. She has worked across a range of paediatric fields and has extensive experience in autism, specific learning difficulties, as well as anxiety and emotional regulation.

Aniesa has one teenage son with autism, and one with sensory difficulties. She herself was diagnosed at a late age as having ADHD and has found that understanding her neurodivergence has led to a greater connection with children and their parents.

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