New Study Reveals ADHD Kids Grow Up to Earn & Work Less Later in Life
A new paper by Jason Fletcher, professor at Yale’s School of Public Health, revealed in a new study that young people diagnosed with ADHD are approximately 10 to 14 percentage points less likely to be employed. And get this — if they are employed, their income will be 33 percent less than their peers without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The impact is greatest for minorities and the poor but overall the study examined students between the seventh an twelfth grade in the 1994 – 95 school year.
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