How to Use attention deficit disorder in a Sentence

attention deficit disorder

noun
  • One of the Ryan girls has autism, and a son has attention deficit disorder.
    Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Is there really such a thing as attention deficit disorder or not?
    Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Words, like children with attention deficit disorder, won’t sit still.
    Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 6 June 2018
  • That approach — public health attention deficit disorder — has been the pattern with public health crises in the past.
    Céline Gounder, STAT, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Congress needs to face that, needs to stay focused, needs to not just chase the headlines and have a short attention deficit disorder problem.
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In the video, Fath explains that he's suffered from severe attention deficit disorder his whole life.
    The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Issac didn’t see a therapist until about six months later, and that was to deal with attention deficit disorder.
    Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
  • In junior high, he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.
    Nick Heil, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2019
  • My theory is that drivers who constantly change lanes have an acute form of attention deficit disorder, which leads to boredom.
    Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Ruthi shares that she was diagnosed with adult attention deficit disorder some 20 years into her career.
    Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Are people with attention deficit disorder more resistant to magic tricks?
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Amphetamines are a type of stimulant drug that can be used to treat conditions like attention deficit disorder.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Blood pressure, diabetes, attention deficit disorder — all improve with some time spent outside.
    CBS News, 14 Dec. 2021
  • For instance, the study pointed to how people assigned male at birth are more likely to be diagnosed with substance use and attention deficit disorders.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • Zach struggles with attention deficit disorder and needs to learn in person to avoid distractions that otherwise derail his studies.
    Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Pyrethroid insecticides are known to cross the placenta and have been linked to behavioral and attention deficit disorders in children.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • Traces of methamphetamine, which the coroner’s report said can be used to treat attention deficit disorder and obesity, were also found in Michael's blood.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • That teacher later suggested to Paras’ parents that he be tested for attention deficit disorder.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Many of these 120-plus medications are ones that kids depend on for the likes of diabetes and attention deficit disorder.
    Megan Ranney, CNN, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Esther and Benji are a couple of aging children, with urban attention deficit disorder.
    David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • At least 15 percent of trans children had attention deficit disorder, a rate three to seven times higher than cisgender youngsters.
    Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • For example, kids can become depressed, anxious, or show signs of behavior disorders or attention deficit disorders at this time.
    Katherine Lee, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • What about kids with special needs, sensory processing issues or conditions such as attention deficit disorder?
    Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Tony says that Peyton has been diagnosed with mental retardation, autism, and attention deficit disorder.
    Jessica Pishko, Esquire, 8 Sep. 2016
  • The Google Music shutdown is purely Google's attention deficit disorder in action.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 June 2020
  • Autism is usually diagnosed around age 2, attention deficit disorder at school age or later, and schizophrenia in adolescence or young adulthood.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
  • There is no physical hearing loss issue with him, but my husband is finally exploring getting tested for attention deficit disorder.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Reid, who has dyslexia and attention deficit disorder, is considering vocational schools to become a plumber or engineer.
    USA Today, 22 June 2020
  • The long-term effects include anxiety and depression, impulse control, and attention deficit disorder.
    NBC News, 20 June 2018
  • What had helped him, at least temporarily, was a prescription for stimulants in the wake of a diagnosis of adult attention deficit disorder in his early thirties.
    Moises Velasquez-Manoff, WIRED, 8 May 2018

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