With the correct individualized instruction, children with a LD can have high achievement. Disabilities should NEVER be an excuse for anything.

Is your child on meds? Some ADHD meds suppress the appetite, others increase it (actually, what they do is suppress some aspects of impulse control)

Are you concerned that she is eating a lot, or are you concerned that she is overweight? As others said in the more intelligent responses, a child with ADHD could be “very, very active” (as you say), hence needing more calories. If she is not overweight, this is not a concern.

It is not unusual for people with ADHD to eat a lot, because in general one of the characteristics of ADHD is a lack of impulse control. For some, that means food. For some (obviously not a 3 year old) it means sex. It could manifest itself in many ways, but the point is that in general, ADHD erodes at the ability to say “no” to an urge / impulse. When you learn and understand this as an adult, y9ou can manage it, but it isn’t the sort of thing a 3 year old would have the intellect or insight to do.

All that said, this is not the place to come for medical advice regarding your child, because as you saw, most people do not know WTF they are talking about, and will provide just any sort of feedback…

I also do a lot of preparation for teaching. I type and spell-check/grammar check all writing things I give to my students. I write very detailed lesson plans and prepare all necessary materials in advance. I also do a lot of out of class work. It takes me about an hour to correct a single test (so, we do about half of them orally) and several hours to correct essays, written work. So why do I do all of this? So that my students can have a better school experience than I did.

When I was in school, I was thrown into special education in very early grades and was told that I would never amount to anything. When I was young learning disabilities were an excuse for not achieving. We were told we could not learn and no one ever tried to each us. When I started junior high, I was mainstreamed. I had one teacher who told me that I could do anything that I put my mind to. She told me that learning disabled doesn’t mean “can’t learn” but means “learns differently, and has to try harder”. And you no what, she’s right! She always expected just as much from me as she did everyone else. And from that time on I worked very hard. I would write 8 to 10 copies of everything I handed in. I would create jingles and draw pictures to help me understand. I would spend hours a night working on the basic stuff that it took my friends 20 minutes to do, and I graduates with a bilingual honours diploma. I went to university, and I graduated. I have never once had a complaint on how I teach, or that my students aren’t learning.

What I am saying is that a learning disability or several is not an excuse for under achievement. You can do it if you set your mind to it. You just need to find the best way to get your brilliant ides from your head and into your school work. Did you know most people with LD/ADHD have average or above average intelligence? Be thankful that you’re not allowed to under achieve because of your LD. My dear, you can achieve! You will make it through and be able to accomplish all of your dreams. Never let anyone tell you otherwise. You are intelligent!

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However, it seems unkind to judge people with disabilities using the same criteria as used for those without them. It’s like someone with a job telling someone without a job to ‘get a job’. Sometimes it just ain’t that easy!

Always do the best you are capable of, so that you don’t have to make excuses. And don’t judge others too harshly - you don’t know their true experiences.

Two rules for life!

You have a good GPA, so you want to look at some of the more prestigious colleges on that list. Those would include: American University, College of Charleston, Northeastern University, UConn, and Villanova.