October is ADHD Awareness Month!

It’s ADHD Awareness Month! 🧠

Here is a pivotal moment from my latest graphic novel, Absolutely Everything, which follows Marcella, a sixth grader struggling with ADHD (and doesn’t know yet).

Her story is heavily inspired by my own middle school experience, though I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until a couple of years ago. Marcella, like me, has a more introverted form of ADHD, where it presents as overwhelming & overlapping thoughts, feelings and ideas, rather than high energy or jumpiness like it’s often depicted in mainstream media. The inability to focus on the task at hand would overwhelm me and I would feel so anxious that I would just shut down. Kids like me and Marcella were easy to overlook because ADHD didn’t often present in a physical way. 

You can read all about Marcella and her journey in Absolutely Everything, available now!