New Study Shows Minorities Diagnosed Less With ADHD: A new study in pediatrics shows minority children are less likely than white children to be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.
This study followed 15 thousand children from kindergarten to eighth grade. The results concerning, because it means some kids who could benefit from treatment, may be missing out.
Studley Robson works with children with learning disorders at LearningRx. She does tests to see how people's brains work and works with people of all races.
Robson says, "not necessarily that they're black, hispanic, white, or anything in between, it's just when test results come out, and all skills are low, they're basically saying their cognitive skills are matching their ability."
She says that could just mean the child has low potential and that is why they score low, even without having an attention disorder.
She plays games to help increase brain function. But getting outside help like this may be hard for some.
