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Title: Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception by Thom Hartmann, Edward M. Hallowell, Michael Popkin ISBN: 1887424148 Publisher: Underwood Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52
Rating: 5
Summary: Revolutionary thinking, turns the ADD debate on its head!
Comment: The most insightful book on ADD I have read to date. While not the perfect diagnostic starter's manual for ADD newcomers, this book is an imperative read for all ADDer who have a negative view of their condition.
Hartmann has crafted a scientifically supported theory that empowers ADDers. Hartmann asserts that ADDer are "hunters" living in a society that has literally evolved into a culture of "farmers." While the common ADD traits of distractibility and quick thinking were essential in hunting an antelope, they are less desirable when planting rows of crops or balancing a checkbook.
Unlike many ADD books, this is not a substance-less, feel-good read. Hartmann acknowledges the working realities/difficulties of being an ADD "hunter" in a non-ADD "farmer" world. Only Harman's model, based on the evolution of the human brain, frames the ADD debate in a manner that brings ADDers on equal intellectual footing with their non-ADD counterparts. In the hunter/farmer model, ADD is not a disorder or defect of the brain, rather a set of traits that are not perfectly suited to getting through the many mundane tasks of a farmers world.
Drawing upon ADDers like Einstein, Franklin and Edison, Hartmann illustrates how many ADDers have utilized their quick-react "hunter" brains to achieve incredible success in a "farmer" world. Not only is this book empowering for people who view their ADD as a "disadvantage," this book is must read for the parents and teacher who shape the perceptions of ADD children.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hunters vs. Farmers - Way to Go!
Comment: This book is skillfully written and is not stuffy or clinical. It's an easy, very informative book to read and understand. It's nice to know that someone (the author) offers the diagnosis as a character enhancement, rather than a negative deficit. I'm an adult "hunter," and proud of it, although I didn't know it until now, and am glad no one stuck the stigma of "ADD" on me when I was young. This should help other Hunters and parents of Hunters better understand ADD without all the negativity associated with ADD. And I agree that "Farmers are boring!" A must read for newly-diagnosed Hunters.
Rating: 5
Summary: Feel good about your ADD
Comment: Hartmann's "Hunter in a Farmer's World" theory is incredibly enticing to people who have ADD. I was just recently diagnosed (as an adult) and though my initial feelings upon finding that there was a chemical/biological reason for my spaciness were those of relief, I still felt somewhat... broken.
But after reading this book (and buying into Hartmann's theory...whether it is scientifically sound or not I am not qualified to say, but it has the ring of common sense about it) I started to see the positive aspects of this "disease." In fairness, Dr's Hallowell and Ratey addressed the positive aspects of ADD in Driven to Distraction (also a must-read) but Hartmann drives the idea home in a very approachable way. The book is a joy to read and is very inspiring.
Now whenever I'm feeling a bit down about ADD, I scan a few pages of the book at random and leave the house confident that my hunter instincts can carry me through anything. I still use my medication for when I have to deal with the farmer world, but the rest of the time, I hunt!!
Thom Hartmann teaches us how to maximize the potential of our gift: ADD.
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