ADHD is “Get-out-of-able”: An Interview with Dr. Ned Hallowell, the Godfather of ADHD

On his 70th birthday, Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D. shares his unflinchingly positive outlook about adults with ADHD and the gift it can be in our lives. Dr. Hallowell's 1994 best-selling book Driven to Distraction remains one of the single most important books about adults with ADHD ever written. His latest book, V.A.S.T., argues that ADHD is an outdated name and that Variable Attention Stimulus Trait is a much better one. Finally, Dr. Hallowell shares his belief that ADHD is "get-out-of-ab...