ADHD: Get Beyond the Label

Our world is built on schedules, deadlines, and routines. Sit still. Pay attention. Finish what you start. But what happens when your brain just doesn’t seem to work that way?

While we may hear about it most often in relation to children and academics, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) isn’t just about distraction, or restlessness, or struggling in school. It’s about a different way of experiencing the world—one that science is still learning to understand, and one that our culture has often misunderstood.

In ADHD: Get Beyond the Label, clinical psychologist Dr. Kyler Shumway and neuroscientist Dr. Elizabeth Aslinger explore the reality of ADHD from both a clinical and a personal perspective, looking at what it really means and how it influences everything from attention and emotion to motivation and memory. Across six lectures, you’ll trace where ideas about ADHD came from, how it’s been framed over the years, and what the science tells us. Along the way, you’ll start to uncover the truth: ADHD is real, it’s complex, and it’s so much more than a disorder. You’ll also better understand how it impacts friendships, family, and work, and even how it shapes a person’s sense of self over time.

Whether you’re looking for answers, validation, or simply the truth about why the world can feel so mismatched to the way your (or another’s) mind works, this course can help you see beyond the labels and diagnoses to get a clearer, more compassionate understanding of ADHD.