Lost in the Shuffle: The Quiet Battle of Undiagnosed ADHD in Girls
<p>As my six-year-old self added final touches to her drawing in art class, I looked over at the sketch of the girl seated next to me. Elegant and pristine, it faithfully matched the image we’d been assigned to reproduce.</p>
<p>What I’d drawn looked nothing like it. It was my own rendition, with countless details changed. At the bottom of the page, I’d even written a story to accompany it.</p>
<p>This was common for me in art class. A woman with a turban became a monk carrying a fruit bowl. A sewing machine became a friendly boat. That day, a man carrying a staff turned into a scraggly androgynous stick figure running a mop with a brick-like head across a nondescript floor.</p>
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