Positively Add: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams

by Edward M. Hallowell and Catherine A. Corman

Book Overview

Don't be distracted by the bad news about ADD. Meet seventeen people from all walks of life, including political advisor James Carville, Books-a-Million chairman Clyde Anderson, and JetBlue CEO David Neelman, who have succeeded in a wide variety of high-interest fields: professional athlete, musician, reporter, chef, sportscaster, photographer, police officer, CEO. These people did not succeed despite their ADD, they succeeded because of the special...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802789889
• ISBN13: 9780802789884
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Should be read by everyone with ADD

Excellent easy-to-read book about how various, successful people have managed their diagnosis of ADD. Everyone with the ADD label, especially children, should read this collection of stories to receive inspiration and learn that they are not alone. In the AA program, alcoholics share their stories of experience, strength, and hope. This book passes on the experience, strength, and hope of real people who have ADD or ADHD. It is written at a level that most kids would understand.

This is the only book of it's kind. If it wasn't this could be likely 3 stars.

This book didn't inspire me; I'm an Adult with ADD, and with other neorological special needs. And 16 out of 17 personal Adult ADD stories were of people with only diagnosed ADD/ADHD and no other special needs. The 16 also weren't diagnosed till adulthood as such encouraging mostly those without moderate to severe ADD symptoms and saying it's okay to be diagnosed late in life rather then earlier. It should have stories of people who struggled more and some more people with dual diagnosis. Preferably ones who were diagnosed earlier in life to. However, If you are defiantly without more then one or two special issues and may have not to severe ADD/ADHD this might be a very good book for you. It is written for children but, adults could definantly benifit from it also. And the author is one of the leader's in the feild. I love that it's hardback to! Not everyone's stories are of famous people which could be a good thing to. This specific format of this book is greatly needed. Positive success stories, however, it could be likely better.