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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.20,0:00:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cool!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.87,0:00:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Stephen Tonti,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.49,0:00:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm a director, a writer, an actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.31,0:00:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a drummer, a scuba diver, a soccer player,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.49,0:00:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a camera operator, an airbrush artist,\Na physicist, a stargazer, a rock climber,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.44,0:00:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a snowboarder, a model maker,\Na stage manager, a camp counselor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.47,0:00:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a PA, a DJ, a club president, a magician,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.04,0:00:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for a brief stint in May 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.24,0:00:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was called upon to repair\Ntwo stopwatches which had stopped working.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.39,0:00:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.95,0:00:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who am I, you ask?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.90,0:00:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Stephen Tonti, and I have ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.11,0:00:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.37,0:00:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD stands for attention\Ndeficit hyperactive disorder,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.54,0:00:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was first diagnosed with ADHD\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.93,0:00:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not by a diagnostician,\Nor a private practice, or a pediatrician,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.26,0:01:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by a second-grade teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.83,0:01:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was interviewing me for a spot\Nat the school she was working at.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.08,0:01:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family had just moved
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.50,0:01:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from New Orleans, Louisiana,\Nto Dallas, Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.84,0:01:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was in a search\Nfor a new academic home.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.57,0:01:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During this particular interview,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.15,0:01:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this particular teacher\Nreceived a message ahead of time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.51,0:01:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my first grade teacher\Nback in New Orleans
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.94,0:01:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to check me for any signs of ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.31,0:01:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as she reached\Nthe series of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.65,0:01:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devised to evaluate whether a child\Nbetween the ages of five and 17 is ADHD:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.78,0:01:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wham! I fell out of my chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.40,0:01:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.87,0:01:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I didn't slip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.69,0:01:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no, the chair didn't\Ncrumble beneath me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.85,0:01:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behind the teacher's desk\Nwas this giant window,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.70,0:01:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through that window was a giant field,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.00,0:01:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on that field
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.47,0:01:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were what appeared to me at the time\Nto be hundreds of thousands of kids
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.03,0:01:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my age.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.04,0:01:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were all playing with a great,\Ninflatable, rainbow beach ball,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.24,0:02:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as they moved all around the field,\Nall I could do was keep track of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.96,0:02:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I leaned a little bit to the left,\Nand I leaned a little bit to the right,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.63,0:02:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit more to the left,\Na little bit more to the right
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.07,0:02:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the disaster.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.11,0:02:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still maintain today\Nthat window was a trap, and I was setup.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.14,0:02:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.32,0:02:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was rejected from Middle School
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.74,0:02:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was an eight-year-old boy\Nwho couldn't sit still in his chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.62,0:02:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this complex\Nmarshmallow-related incident
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.00,0:02:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between myself and some\Nof the staff there, but anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.80,0:02:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up at the\NEpiscopal School of Dallas.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.57,0:02:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next 11 years,\NI tried everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.81,0:02:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say everything, I mean everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.20,0:02:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Extracurriculars: I tried computing,\Nrobotics, carpentry, canoeing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.69,0:02:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rock climbing, poetry club, logic club,\Npoker club, comedy club, and camping.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.90,0:02:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went camping at least\Ntwice a year for four years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.76,0:02:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the band - oh my god.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.35,0:02:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried trumpet, saxophone, electric bass,\Npiano, stand-up bass, guitar, acoustic -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.47,0:02:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I mention I played sports?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.01,0:02:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was Texas. We played sports.\NI tried all of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.11,0:02:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the drums.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.38,0:02:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even took a short-lived\Nstab at the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.36,0:03:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I played seven different instruments -\N"played" being a very generous term.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.26,0:03:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.35,0:03:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When all of a sudden my theater -\Nmy school built a theater -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.37,0:03:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, why not?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.23,0:03:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started the shop building sets,\Nthen the sound booth, the light booth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.78,0:03:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then my teacher asked me to act,\Nso I played Conrad in "Ordinary People."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.21,0:03:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Can I direct?"\Nand she said, "Go for it!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.57,0:03:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I directed "12 Angry Jurors" -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.16,0:03:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is high school, people,\Nand you can't direct "12 Angry Men"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.64,0:03:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a drama school\Nthat has three boys and four girls -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.01,0:03:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the people doing math at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.80,0:03:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's seven drama students\Nfor a show with 12 in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.53,0:03:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.50,0:03:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I knew it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.62,0:03:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was auditioning and interviewing\Nin drama schools across the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.99,0:03:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's when Carnegie Mellon found me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.14,0:03:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love it here. I really do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.56,0:03:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But moving on. So what?!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.49,0:03:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have ADHD, and ADHD\Nis misunderstood as an inability to focus,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.20,0:03:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's much stranger than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.84,0:03:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a lack of focus - period.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.23,0:03:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that I have a hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.60,0:03:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selecting something\Nand giving it my full attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.16,0:03:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something has to grab my attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.07,0:04:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peak my curiosity,\Nand then I can hyperfocus.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.98,0:04:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a good thing and a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.94,0:04:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a bad thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.95,0:04:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have a hard time\Ncompleting things that don't excite me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.44,0:04:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.44,0:04:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you have to read\Nyour textbooks and pay your taxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.24,0:04:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, big textbooks\Nwith no pictures frighten me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.83,0:04:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no one likes handling taxes -\Nactually, some of you might like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.24,0:04:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.15,0:04:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the upside is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.49,0:04:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when something does peak my curiosity,\NI become obsessed and I hyperfocus.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.06,0:04:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spend a lot of time with film.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.17,0:04:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can spend upwards of 12 hours in a row
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.23,0:04:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,editing clips, sometimes\Nuntil 6:30 in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.73,0:04:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the theater,\Nwhen I have to put a show up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.84,0:04:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll pull 15 hour days for weeks on end,\Nand I enjoy that; I love that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.86,0:04:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can read a 500-page novel that I love
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.22,0:04:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much faster than a one-page article\Nthat I don't care for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.34,0:04:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easier for me to see the big picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.29,0:04:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a director, I have to track 20 people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.90,0:05:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with very different jobs\Nfrom designers, to writers, to actors,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.91,0:05:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I find handling that much easier\Nthan finishing that one-page article,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.26,0:05:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I'm still working on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.70,0:05:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.04,0:05:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Neeleman,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.25,0:05:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the founder and CEO of JetBlue,\Nwho is also ADHD by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.82,0:05:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says, "I have a hard time\Ndoing the mundane things in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.98,0:05:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have an easier time planning\Na 20-aircraft fleet
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.13,0:05:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I do paying my light bill."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.11,0:05:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.70,0:05:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, another good thing about ADHD
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.46,0:05:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because I felt\Ncompelled to try everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.76,0:05:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to explore all the possible\Ncareer paths I might not have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.64,0:05:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and might not have discovered\Nwhat I truly want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.20,0:05:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many teens and young adults
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.50,0:05:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are expected to focus\Non one or two fields of study
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.01,0:05:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one or two hobbies,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.74,0:05:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hope and pray\Nthey like the ones they've chosen
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.26,0:06:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that've been chosen for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.26,0:06:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is to tell other people stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.74,0:06:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I find it's easier time doing that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.70,0:06:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I can draw\Nfrom all of these other perspectives.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.77,0:06:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easier for me to see the world\Nthrough the eyes of a drummer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.83,0:06:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've tried that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.00,0:06:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easier for me to see the world\Nthrough the eyes of a graphic designer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.50,0:06:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've tried that too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.87,0:06:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADHD is a difference in cognition,\Nnot simply a disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.06,0:06:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're attention different,\Nnot attention deficit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.75,0:06:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But because it's treated\Nand misunderstood as a disorder,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.18,0:06:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's treated at something\Nthat needs fixing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.07,0:06:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the idea seems to be that:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.52,0:06:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to get rid of my ADHD,\Nbut there's no getting rid of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.00,0:06:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just sedating it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.85,0:06:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.03,0:06:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My high school teachers\Nwere hip, young progressives
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.55,0:06:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were delighted to give me extra time,\Nthe additional attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.93,0:06:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the overall freedom to express myself\Nthe way that I felt necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.67,0:06:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many other kids with ADHD\Naren't as lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.15,0:06:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, my roommate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.15,0:07:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam has been my roommate for four years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.15,0:07:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is an excellent actor in the school\Nof drama and a brilliant thinker.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.96,0:07:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We both grew up in Dallas, Texas,\Nand be both have ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.02,0:07:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam's high school was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.45,0:07:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now even though he grew up\Nonly 15 minutes north of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.43,0:07:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam's high school had harsher penalties\Nfor falling out of a chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.34,0:07:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're a kid diagnosed with ADHD,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.62,0:07:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your doctor administers\Na series of amphetamines,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.95,0:07:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody waits.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.32,0:07:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because no one has a clue\Nhow you'll react.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.11,0:07:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might get more calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.30,0:07:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might become depressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.24,0:07:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might lash out\Nat the people around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.70,0:07:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference between Adam and me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.50,0:07:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when a new medication\Nmay cause me to act out,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.25,0:07:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my teachers immediately advise my doctors\Nthat I change my medication.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.48,0:07:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, when Adam tried a new medication,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.86,0:07:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his teachers wrote this in his report,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.83,0:07:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Adam is less motivated, less animated,\Nand less involved in class activities,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.43,0:08:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at least, he's quiet now."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.29,0:08:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a healthier understanding\Nof people with ADHD,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.22,0:08:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it starts at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.36,0:08:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had mother and father\Nwho supported every obsession.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.81,0:08:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I distinctly recall\Nmy father asking one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.80,0:08:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Son, you're only 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.39,0:08:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what could you possibly want\Nwith an air compressor?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.46,0:08:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.52,0:08:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To which I responded,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.72,0:08:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to airbrush t-shirts and shorts\Nto sell to my classmates and friends."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.74,0:08:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Exhale)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.98,0:08:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright then.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.98,0:08:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we would go out and get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.51,0:08:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would play with it\Nand I'd obsess over it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.54,0:08:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the summers,\Nwhen I went off my medication
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.90,0:08:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my body was wrecked\Nwith the effects of withdrawal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.91,0:08:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother sat by my side,\Nliterally coaxing the migraines out of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.44,0:08:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With their support,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.83,0:08:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to explore,\Nand my obsessions grew and multiplied,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.33,0:08:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was able to maintain my sanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.26,0:09:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Schools need to develop a better attitude\Ntowards students with ADHD, as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.40,0:09:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's plenty of examples out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.54,0:09:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, the Eagle Hill School,\Nin Hardwick, Massachusetts.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.81,0:09:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Eagle Hill School believes\Nthat every student can learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.50,0:09:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That learning differently\Nrequires teaching differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.91,0:09:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that we must educate\Nour kids, our students,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.70,0:09:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn about learning
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.37,0:09:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to form new beliefs\Nin a search for intellectual autonomy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.96,0:09:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professors who act more as mentors,\Nas opposed to disciplinarians, inspire me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.56,0:09:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When teachers level with me,\NI feel like I'm more in control;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.70,0:09:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's a dialog\Nregarding new ways of thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.69,0:09:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and approaching a problem,\Nfocusing, completing tasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.55,0:09:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to create and develop\Na healthier relationship with medication.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.82,0:09:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.14,0:09:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should only be prescribed to someone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.15,0:09:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can physically handle the effects\Nof these drugs and their withdrawal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.50,0:09:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 is far too young.\N16 is still too young.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.94,0:10:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many\Nalternatives to medication.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.76,0:10:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Studies have shown that for some
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.59,0:10:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just an added weight\Nor pressure to help them focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.44,0:10:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these things exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.58,0:10:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are weighted pads\Nthat help people feel more comfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.64,0:10:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can complete tasks on time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.63,0:10:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some people,\Nit's tics, like chewing pencils,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.98,0:10:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so give them rubber coated pencils.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.78,0:10:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to teach kids to teach themselves;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.17,0:10:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the best thing\Nwe can do for our kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.27,0:10:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lastly, our society\Nhas to embrace cognitive diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.19,0:10:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Specialisterne,\Nor The Specialist,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.44,0:10:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a Danish organization\Nthat trains people with autism and ADHD
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.05,0:10:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as consultants in I.T. and other\Nmore technically oriented tasked jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.58,0:10:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to turn this joke around
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.11,0:10:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on those who believe that my disorder\Ndivides me from my more "normal peers."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.08,0:10:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides, who here at Carnegie Mellon\Nreally qualifies as normal, anyway?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.46,0:11:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.16,0:11:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.62,0:11:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great author, a masterful playwright\Nand a sublime poet once writ ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.14,0:11:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any guesses to who I speak of?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.15,0:11:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Shakespeare!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.56,0:11:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thou art correct!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.03,0:11:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.21,0:11:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shakespeare sonnet 121.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.79,0:11:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.73,0:11:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When not to be receives\Nreproach of being,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.08,0:11:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the just pleasure lost,\Nwhich is so deemed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.31,0:11:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not by our feeling but by others' seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.92,0:11:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For why should others'\Nfalse adulterate eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.43,0:11:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give salutation to my sportive blood?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.84,0:11:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or on my frailties why are frailer spies,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.74,0:11:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which in their wills\Ncount bad what I think good?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.54,0:11:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nae, I am that I am, and they that level
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.14,0:11:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At my abuses reckon up their own:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.90,0:12:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may be straight,\Nthough they themselves be bevel;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.19,0:12:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By their rank thoughts\Nmy deeds must not be shown;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.20,0:12:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless this general evil\Nthey all maintain,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.48,0:12:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All men are bad,\Nand in their badness reign.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.09,0:12:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In sonnet 121 Shakespeare\Ncondemns hypocrisy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.55,0:12:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He implores us not to let\Nothers' false adulterate eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.03,0:12:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,condemn us for something\Nthat they believe us to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.98,0:12:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He begs you not to let the selfish,\Nnegative comments of others
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.58,0:12:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hinder the just pleasures owed to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.38,0:12:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hierarchy of frailer spies
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.75,0:12:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have asked me to conform\Nto society's means.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.62,0:12:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I purpose the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.68,0:12:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I purpose let society conform to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.10,0:12:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I implore you to do the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.68,0:12:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll leave you with something\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.13,0:12:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Robin Williams, a poster child for us\Nin the ADHD community,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.71,0:13:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.66,0:13:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once said, "We are all only given\Na little spark of madness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.23,0:13:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You mustn't lose it."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.30,0:13:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.47,0:13:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)