October is National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a time that gives people the chance to understand the effects and circumstances that play a role in the disorder.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, about 7.1 million children and 15.5 million adults have been diagnosed with ADHD.

The disease is something that can begin in early childhood but can carry over into adulthood, impacting school, work, and relationships.

Organizations like CHADD – Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder non profit. They provide resources to help people manage the condition and help connect families to medical healthcare professionals.

ADHD Researcher and Associate Professor David Shepherd gave us insight on how research can help us understand the different affects.

“I think we’re going to understand more and more details, and we might even branch off some of these behaviors into their own thing. So, I think we’re just going to understand more and more as we get a lot of data from these students.” Shepherd said.

Shepherd and his team created a project at Louisiana State University that allows students to use Virtual Reality as a non-medication-based solution for children with ADHD.

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