More research, Smythe

9:13am Thursday 30th August 2001

With reference to the column written by Rupert Smythe.

I feel I have to ask where he gained the medical qualifications to be so dismissive of Attention Deficit Disorder?

This is a very real condition which is probably one of the most difficult conditions for parents to cope with.

It is a very complex disorder hyperactivity and lack of concentration being only a small part of the whole.

People bringing these children up are far from being bad parents they are usually better than most.

Attitudes like his only serve to make everything more difficult for the people dealing with these children.

I would suggest before he launches into cheap sensationalism in the future, he perhaps takes the trouble to do some real research into his subject.

Journalism, as seen in this article, is easy, anybody can do it.

Mrs G Kenny

Walton Road

Sidcup

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