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Students who study the arts also get better grades and score higher on standardized tests such as the SAT. University studies have found that middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music scored significantly higher than their peers on standardized tests in the areas of math, science, and language arts. In 2001, SAT takers with musical experience scored 57 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 41 points higher on the math portion than students with no experience in the arts.

These gifts are not only masked in the eyes of parents and teachers who aren't trained to bring out the best in ADD kids, but also in the eyes of the kids themselves. In the wrong educational environment, “underachiever, drop-out, apathetic, addicted.”

Edison didn't succumb to those masks, because his mother was able to harness his gifts. Wouldn't it be nice to harness your child's attention, energy, independence, and intelligence so that s/he could thrive and contribute to the world, instead of constantly fighting trouble and low self-esteem?

A child with ADD, says Hartmann and other experts, does email data suffer from disordered attention, so much as s/he suffers from the inability of “traditional” schools to meet the needs of a difference in attention. What's needed, says Hartmann, is a model for understanding ADD that focuses on its gifts and does not make a child think s/he is diseased or brain damaged. A residential school that understands and specializes in meeting the needs of ADD/ADHD children can correct misconceptions and bring out the best in your own young Edison.

Child Care Expenses
The IRS allows a child care credit for children under age 13. However, there is no age limit for children with disabilities. The IRS allows credits for regular childcare, after-school programs, and summer day camps. The rules are complex and based on your family's adjusted gross income.

Earned Income Tax Credits
This is for people with adjusted gross incomes under $36, 348. A severely disabled dependent child qualifies with no age limit, even as an adult, if the child continues to live with his parents.

Health Savings Accounts
Check out the new rules for Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Savings Arrangements that allow you to pay disability-related expenses with pre-tax dollars. See IRS Publication 969 for rules.