The Truth About Aging
Text Box: Myths and Truths about adhd Text Box: Myth 1: ADHD is not a real disorder—The national and international medical community agrees that ADHD is a real disorder Myth 2: Poor Parenting causes ADHD—Research finds there are genetic causes to ADHD. Poor parenting and other negative environmental Text Box: factors can make matters worse but they don’t cause ADHD. Myth 3: Minority Children are over diagnosed and over medicated - Research regarding minority children is limited but is showing minority children are not being appropriately treated for ADHD as they are less likely to be tested for it and less likely to be medicated as misbehavior is generally attributed to be behavioral problems rather than chemical. Text Box: Myth 4: Girls have lower rates and less severe ADHD— Research has shown girls like minorities are less likely to be tested and treated for ADHD. Girls will show more intellectual, depressive and anxiety problems rather than acting out. Information taken directly from http://www.help4adhd.org/en/about/myths#myth1

All Around The African World Museum

& Resource center

February 2007

Volume 3, issue 2

Neighborhood News

The Truth About Aging

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ADHD

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Black History Month

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March Awareness Month

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Neighborhood meetings

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Jobs in    lansing

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Job/email        info

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Special points of interest:

· Aging

· ADHD

· Neighborhood Meetings

· Jobs in Lansing

· African American Inventions
Text Box: One key to keeping your mind clear is to continue to read, do math problems and learn. Go to the public school systems Adult education or your local community college and take a class. Growing older does not mean you have learned all there is to know. Research also shows the more you work to keep your mind fresh the less likely you are to suffer from memory loss and or senility. Age is more than a number. It is what you make of it. Let’s all work to grow old intelligently, healthy, and gracefully. Wendolyn D. Davis, BS, MBA/HRM VanderZanden, J.W., Crandell, T.L., and Crandell, C.H. (2007). Human Development 7th Edition. Boston: Text Box: Every generation has held to certain beliefs about aging and what exactly is old. If you were to ask a ten-year old what age is old he may say somewhere around 20 or 25. If you ask that 25 year old the same question they will more than likely exclaim 40 is old! Now ask a 40 or 60 or even 80 year old and you will get a different answer. My 81 year old grandmother would talk about the time she spent with the old people. VanderZanden, Crandell & Crandell (2007) has separated age categories as follows: Birth—18 months Infancy 2—6 Early Childhood 7-12 Middle Childhood Text Box: 13—25 Adolescence 26-44 Early Adulthood 45-64 Middle Adulthood 65-84 Late Adulthood 85—death Late, Late Adulthood Old age and feeling old is just that. You are as old as you feel. The human body does slow down physically but that can be thwarted with exercise and moving around. If you eat healthy, stay active, and have someone special in your life you don’t have to become the untrue picture of old. Even where the body slows down research also shows the mind does not have to. Most people continue to learn and increase their intelligence well past their seventies.