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Has your Child been diagnosed with ADHD or do you suspect they may be ?   You are not alone !   The numbers of new children diagnosed with ADHD is staggering.  They may only be gifted !

Many Indigo Children are diagnosed with ADHD. Is your child an Indigo ?   Read on ......

  "Like the early settlers to North America or Australia, Indigos Are self-reliant, headstrong, and creative.  They have a job to do and they won't let anyone stand in their way.  Earlier generations were given the intuitive message: Change the government, heal the world.  They started out in that direction but allowed apathy and family responsibilities to discourage and distract them.  The Indigo Children won't let the same thing happen - unless we drug them into submission."   - Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.   from her book,  "The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children"

These Children who think fast and act quickly are trying to teach us something. They have skills we will need in the near future. Are we listening ?  

Who Are The Indigo Children ?

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder [AD/HD or ADD]: This is the big one. Diagnosis of AD/HD is growing by leaps and bounds. Many gifted and highly gifted children are being so diagnosed. Many others, with real difficulties in attending, are not being seen as having AD/HD because they "can focus for hours on something of real interest," which does not mean no AD/HD. Recent research, particularly that of Dr. Deirdre Lovecky, who works with a mostly highly gifted clientele, indicates that the proportion of AD/HD grows with the increase of IQ. The more we learn about attentional disorder and giftedness, the more we can see how really complex this situation is. The most important realization is that it is not a case of being gifted or having attentional problems. The two can certainly co-exist. It is more a matter of ascertaining who is in charge – the child or the mental stimuli? And that will vary under different circumstances. Educational consultant Sharon Lind rightly points out that strong consideration needs to be given as to whether a child suspected of having AD/HD is provided with adequate educational challenge. An appropriate level of challenge can make a real difference and should be the first line of aid. A child not paying attention might also have auditory processing weakness, perhaps the consequence of numerous early ear infections. A child might have auditory processing problems and also be AD/HD. And gifted. And a visual-spatial learner who does not follow auditory step-by-step directions well. And, of course, there are those over-excitabilities, which we well know are part of the highly gifted picture.

Please visit the  Education Section for more information.

"The Indigo Children"

The New Kids Have Arrived. Read all about these wonderful children !

"Accidental Genius"

As a toddler Michael Kearney was diagnosed with ADHD  and went on to graduate college at age 10. Read about him and how his parents managed.

Indigo Kids can be hyperactive, very intelligent, born before 1998. Very sensitive, emotionally. Inaccurately diagnosed with ADHD. They know when someone is lying. They will change our world soon !