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  1. Blake Taylor wrote A.
  2. D. H D and me as a combination memoir and
  3. help book for other individuals with a D.
  4. H. D.
  5. Based on his own experiences, he is a really interesting
  6. person. He wrote this book at ages 16 and 17.
  7. He's graduated early into studying biology and chemistry at UC
  8. Berkeley, and he's very smart, he says.
  9. How he got there is he gave himself his own
  10. personal revolution, where he consciously changed the things about himself
  11. that he wanted to.
  12. He's also passionate about Greyhound Rescue.
  13. He's a skilled musician, and he does sports.
  14. He's attended both private and public schools as a result
  15. of moving frequently, and those moves have also made him
  16. closer to his family.
  17. He's noticed that lots of schools treat 80 HD students
  18. differently. In his elementary school, he was given the accommodation
  19. of having extra desk space.
  20. He found himself disorganized, and he has stuff would just
  21. spill out everywhere, so they gave him an extra desk.
  22. They would also allow him to build storage bins out
  23. of cardboard and tape on his desk during class time
  24. as a way to help him focus and hold the
  25. storage, he was also taken to the resource room in
  26. middle school in order to learn about organizational skills and
  27. how to control his hyperactivity and impulsivity.
  28. He also experienced a lack of accommodations in high school,
  29. especially when a teacher didn't believe that having a DHD
  30. would cause him to get him a D on an
  31. exam. He says that on that day he forgot to
  32. take his medications.
  33. He also was taken to a classroom he's not familiar
  34. with where artwork was all over the walls, and he
  35. didn't have anywhere to look that was free of distractions.
  36. The window was also left open during the exam, and
  37. he was distracted by the elementary school having recess outside.
  38. And he was also rejected from a certain private school
  39. as a result of having physical tics.
  40. During an interview, Blake realized that the control of his
  41. A. D.
  42. H. D.
  43. Was up to him and that he wasn't getting all
  44. the resource is he needed.
  45. So that's where this book comes in.
  46. He has written a whole bunch of advice on everything
  47. from distraction to dealing with ticks, disorganization and being unpopular
  48. and so much more.
  49. Every chapter has an anecdote cause and effect on a
  50. solution. For this example, I enjoy the anecdote he shared
  51. about running around the museum as a kid, running into
  52. an exhibit and touching a fossilized dinosaur.
  53. And then security followed him and his mom the rest
  54. of the day.
  55. He says that he doesn't provoke people to be bad,
  56. but he just needs to get rid of his energy
  57. somehow. And so his suggestion that what he's found useful
  58. is to channel it into something instructive.
  59. What Blake has done as he has done Greyhound Rescue,
  60. and he's found that to be a really constructive use
  61. of his time, and it's used up a lot of
  62. his skills.
  63. So weeks ultimate goal in writing this book is to
  64. help people with 80 HD make the most of it.
  65. He says that it shouldn't be viewed as a deficit
  66. where it shouldn't be viewed as a disorder.
  67. It's a gift, he says.
  68. His mom told him the analogy of a Ferrari.
  69. She told him that he was a Ferrari.
  70. He had wonderful horsepower, he could go long distances.
  71. He was so energetic, but without controlling the engine or
  72. controlling the speed or where you're going it could be
  73. a little disastrous.
  74. So he says 80 HD is a gift that makes
  75. you different.
  76. It makes you like the Ferrari and makes you one
  77. in a 1,000,000.
  78. So that's his ultimate goal.
  79. He lists all the wonderful guests that 80 HD can
  80. give you.
  81. Hyperactivity could mean you get more done in a day.
  82. Impulsivity can mean you make fast decisions when you need
  83. to make fast decisions.
  84. And that's what he wanted to do to share his
  85. story, to share his examples and potential solutions for individuals
  86. with a th.