Filmmaker Karen O'Donnell explores the frustrations of Denise Difide, a single mother trying to get the proper care for her three kids, two of whom cope with a learning disability and the third with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Karen O'Donnell has tackled the issue of learning disabilities in previous documentaries for TVO, in which she shared her own struggles as a parent of child with ADHD.
"My Different Life"
Your Voice - Coping with Special Needs Kids(TVOParents.com)
Cheryl Jackson interviews Karen O'Donnell, the writer, producer and director; Dr. Atilla Turgay, Director of the ADHD Clinic at Scarborough Hospital; and Georgina Rainer, a volunteer educational advocate for parents with children with special needs.
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AD/HD is - at its core - a dysfunction of attention regulation due to genetically caused neurobiological differences. Ask me anything. I'll likely tell you. I'm an open book that way.
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