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# What can we learn from the story “Arun’S Two Reports”?

*From the book – Chapter 27: ADHD and Neurodiversity*

## Arun’S Two Reports

Arun’s class teacher wrote “careless.” His football coach wrote “sees
the whole field.” The paediatrician sat with both pages and a parent who
was tired of shouting about shoes. The plan was dull on purpose: a seat
near the front, shorter homework blocks, a trial of medicine with pulse
checks, and a tutor who taught reading the way his brain actually loads
words. The boy was still loud. He was no longer only a problem.

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