A Little Spark of Madness: Comic Relief

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Comic Relief

An occasional post of comic strips that make you say "Haha. I do that," or make you realize it could be worse.

UPDATE 06/27: The comic got take down from its host site, so bear with me while I figure out what to do. Sorry.

UPDATE: 08/19: I found it but now the other comic is down. I think I will have to give up on posting comics for a while.

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A Note About the Title

It has recently occurred to me that the title might be construed in a variety of unintended ways. I chose the Robin Williams quote because he is someone who either has been diagnosed with or displays many symptoms of ADD. I did not choose it because I wanted to be disparaging towards ADD. On the other hand, I also did not choose it to celebrate ADD. While I am uncertain about medication or really any kind of treatment as a blanket response to ADD, and while I do believe there are ways that I have benefited from some of the symptoms, I do not believe that ADD is another word for giftedness or that it should be celebrated in that way. In other words, I do not believe in ADD being taboo. I think it is important that people talk about ADD and all other issues surrounding mental health. But I also do not think that ADD should be looked at only positively as a gift while failing to recognize the struggles that come with it. "You are only given a little spark of madness. You musn't lose it," seems to me to encapsulate a complicated relationship with something like ADD. And that's what I want this blog to be about.

Resources: Books, Web Sites, Works Cited

Hallowell, Edward M. and Ratey, John J. Delivered from Distraction--Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder. Ballantine Books. New York. 2005.
Hallowell, Edward M. and Ratey, John J. Driven to Distraction--Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood. Simon and Schuster. New York. 1994.
Freides, David Developmental Disorders: A Neuropsychological Approach.Blackwell Publishers Inc. Oxford. 2001.
My Little Corner of the Web: An ADD portal of sorts.A bit confusing, but full of good stuff: www.bobseay.com/littlecorner/
Attention Deficit Disorder Resources: Really straightforward portal to readings, articles, FAQs, and resources. http://www.addresources.org/ In their own words the site is described as " national non–profit organization, provides quality information, resources, and support to help those with ADHD achieve their full potential"

A Little Spark of Madness

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Comic Relief

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