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• 21 Mar 09
  

  Lyn Lupien

  school ASD

• 18 Aug 08
  

  Wisely

  "The little boy who bedeviled his classmates and was told he would never succeed turned into the greatest gold-medal machine in the history of the Olympics."

  school adhd

  • ``My mom and I joke that I had a teacher, I think in middle school, who told me I'd never be successful,'' Phelps said after breaking Spitz's record.

     

    Phelps was diagnosed in elementary school with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, described by the U.S. National Institutes of Health as among the most common mental disorders in children. He took Ritalin as treatment until abruptly telling his mother that his friends didn't use medicine and he'd handle it himself.
  • His coach and agent say he's grown up, working with charities such as Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Pathfinders for Autism. He's going from Beijing to Baltimore to spend time with family, friends and his English bulldog, Herman.

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