The story behind Lekisha Wright

Lekisha Wright, a bright-eyed, happy small girl, started first grade with great excitement, and childhood joy. Mrs. Jones, her teacher, seated her in the next-to-last row in a classroom of twenty children. After two weeks of school, it became obvious to Mrs. Jones that Lekisha wasn't paying attention, and couldn't follow directions. She asked the little girl's mother to come in for meeting.
Mrs. Jones said to Mrs. Wright that Lekisha was very restless, couldn't follow what was happening in the classroom, was not alert and couldn't do what was asked for. "I was at a teacher's seminar recently, "Mrs. Jones said," and Lekisha sounds like some of the children they described. you really need to take her to your doctor and see if she has ADHD."
Luckily, the child's physician, a general pediatrician in our clinic, was shrewed. One of the first things she did was checked Lekisha's heariong and vision. Sure enough, the child had medium hearing loss in both ears. Further testing showed that the hearing loss was from a mild infection and fluid behind both eardrums. After a lesson of appropiate treatment, Lekisha's hearing changed backl to normal, her problem was resolved, and she made a lot of progress through the remainder of the first grade.
Any kid who has signs like Lekisha's must check his/her hearing or vision problem as part of any work up. Such troubles are often are often mistaken for ADHD, predominantly Inattentive.