Kathleen G. Nadeau
“ADHD doesn't retire when you turn 18”
Who Is Kathleen G. Nadeau?
Dr. Kathleen Nadeau is co-founder of the National Center for Gender Issues and AD/HD and founding board member of ADDA. She has championed the understanding that ADHD evolves across the lifespan.
She has been particularly vocal about ADHD in women, older adults, and high-IQ individuals who compensate for decades before hitting a wall.
Her 2022 book "Still Distracted After All These Years" is the first major work to address ADHD in the aging population.
Notable Quotes
“High intelligence can be the best camouflage for ADHD — and the cruelest.”
“ADHD doesn't expire at age 18. It evolves, and so must our understanding of it.”
Connection to Your ADHD Type
Nadeau's focus on quiet, inattentive ADHD that goes undetected for decades maps closely to the Dreamer type — the mind-wanderer whose internal richness masks their struggles.
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