Twitter is Great for ADHDers. But Proceed with Caution
You can’t turn around these days without another journalist or blogger fulminating about the great blessing (or scourge, if that’s your persuasion) that is Twitter. It’s now transcended the blogosphere, and virally infected the hidebound world of newspaper journalism: The Globe and Mail, the grand old dame of Canadian papers and the nation’s self-proclaimed paper of record, has run at least half a dozen Twitter-related articles in the last fortnight. The New York Times had three articles on it yesterday alone (according to Lance Armstrong’s Twitter feed. I’m a retired bike racer; of course I follow him on Twitter!).
Twitter seems to have reached a tipping point.
As a coach who specializes in working with adults with ADHD, I am very conflicted about Twitter. Leaving aside the question of whether it’s the Social Network That Will Change Everything or merely a passing fad, there’s still a lot to think about. Overall, I think that Twitter has so much to recommend it that having ADHD is no reason to avoid it. I do have several concerns specific to ADHDers on Twitter, though, and I think it’s especially important to be aware of the very real challenges that Twitter presents to those who are easily distracted by technology. Read more
