If you’ve ever tried to engage in a discussion of your ADHD with a busy professor and run into frustration, you’re not alone. This week, we asked a group of instructors what they would like to hear when working with ADHD students and the results were puzzling, frustrating, dare we say disappointing? But there’s room for hope thanks to some enterprising student services folks and a general spirit of educators that really do want the best for their students. This is an episode about confronting lack of experience in a slow-moving educational system and an effort to get what you need out of your educational career.

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(00:00) - Welcome to the ADHD Podcast
(02:49) - Find the Show
(03:07) - Opening Question: How do you handle online courses with ADHD
(09:25) - Sponsor: You! At Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast
(10:52) - The Faculty Perspective
(15:47) - Three Lessons
(19:59) - A dose of optimism
(22:38) - The Research
(26:12) - Recommendations from Student Services: How you can help yourself
(31:46) - Painful reality: the social and communication skills paradox
(35:19) - On notes
(37:25) - Universal Course Design

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