How to Use attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a Sentence

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

noun
  • That year was also the first in which autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could be diagnosed in the same child at the same time, Estes says.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The challenges faced by those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can be daunting.
    — Christina Caron, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Adderall is a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 9 May 2022
  • Two bags of marijuana, a scale and Adderall, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, were found in his car.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
  • King, who is 8 years old, was diagnosed in kindergarten with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and has been taking medicine twice a day to control it.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Many of those children also suffered a range of illnesses, from asthma or eczema, to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    — Tatiana Sánchez, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The lawsuit says the boy suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    — Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • King had dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and needed more attention in the classroom.
    — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2019
  • As a young teenager, Patrick had been bullied, and later he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, his parents said.
    — Katharine Q. Seelye Photographs By Todd Heisler, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Research indicates that women with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have an even higher chance of trying to commit suicide.
    — Zhara Astra, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Emiliano, a 9-year old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who came for a physical, had recently lashed out several times at school.
    — New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • In one instance, nursing staff left 29 pills used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on top of a refrigerator.
    — Fred Clasen-Kelly and Cassie Cope, charlotteobserver, 5 June 2018
  • Gabriel said he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as a child, and his own son has the same neurodevelopmental disorder.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The fourth-grader is being treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder yet he has been suspended from his charter school for hitting children on two separate occasions so far this school year.
    — Sharon Broussard, cleveland.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • When Paras was in the third grade, a teacher recommended that he be evaluated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but his parents didn’t follow through.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • In third grade, Christian Smith struggled with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    — Alex Klancko, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Adderall is a stimulant approved for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a sleep disorder known as narcolepsy.
    — Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Suddenly Accolla found herself as the full-time caretaker of her stepson, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and whose school switched to remote learning.
    — NBC News, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Scientists are updating their view of how drugs like Adderall and Ritalin help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stay on task.
    — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Boys are four times as likely as girls to be diagnosed with autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, for example, while men are 75 percent more likely than women to develop schizophrenia.
    — NBC News, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Medicine used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could trigger a positive test, for example, but a waiver would be granted if the physician confirmed a medical reason for the positive test.
    — Jakub Rudnik, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Rivera, who lives in South Gate, has a 6-year-old daughter who is autistic and has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a 16-year-old son who is autistic and nonverbal.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • And 7-year-old Stephen Bo, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, was overstimulated — and overwhelmed — in his first-grade Zoom class.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • But the team doesn’t know what aspect of fracking caused the low birth weights, which put babies at higher risk for infant mortality, asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, lower test scores, and lower lifetime earnings.
    — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Now, a group of researchers has published the best evidence to date on links between both parents’ antidepressant use before and during pregnancy, and autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in their children.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
  • When bavisant flopped in a 2012 clinical trial aimed at adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, researchers observed that insomnia was one of its side effects.
    — Bryn Nelson /, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Young children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are being prescribed drugs too readily, research suggested.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The study found that children with both autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder had a much higher risk for anxiety than autistic children without ADHD.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2018
  • Some studies do suggest links between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.
    — Tami S. Rowen, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Amir has a sleep disorder, and both boys have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and an anger disorder.
    — John Johnston, The Enquirer, 25 Dec. 2020

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