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Can’t Catch a Ball? ADHD Confessions In Comics
Poor motor skills, perception, and body awkwardness explained
The first ADHD symptom doctors look for is school performance in subjects like math and history. What about physical education? If your kid can’t catch a ball, they might be struggling with more than you think.
For this year’s ADHD Awareness Month, I will be focusing on lesser-known ADHD symptoms and neurodivergent struggles. One of them is the difficulty of perceiving and reacting to the physical world around us. Here are my stories and confessions, lightened up by the humor of my cartoons.
Story time
It is just another PE class in middle school. I’m waiting in line to run across the schoolyard. “9 seconds!” I can hear the teacher shouting the time to the student that has just finished. I can feel the anxiety building up. I know I will be one of the slowest in class, I always am.
It’s my turn. I run the fastest I have run in my life. I can feel the air passing, I must be going fast.
“15 seconds!” I don’t even have a point of reference, is that ok? The teacher waves gesturing I should come over. I walk over, completely in the dark as to what she might tell me. “Ana, do you have…
