Teaching, Leading and Living with ADHD: EdShed CEO Martin Saunders Shares His Experience

If you’re ADHD, you’re three times more likely to be an entrepreneur but ten times more likely to end up in jail. What is the reality of growing up with ADHD and how can we help children onto the best path for them?

0:00 Introduction
00:49 What is ADHD?
02:30 Being a child with ADHD and hyperlexia
05:42 What are the most common struggles that children with ADHD face in the classroom?
08:19 Being a teacher with ADHD
12:10 Do you think ADHD has played a part in you becoming a leader and CEO?
15:01 Building the EdShed team as a leader with ADHD
18:22 How has having a high percentage of neurodiverse employees influenced EdShed products?
25:04 Getting to the point of burnout. Getting an ADHD diagnosis
29:18 Strategies as an adult with ADHD
34:07 Avoiding burnout
35:08 Advice to pupils with ADHD
38:49 Advice for teachers supporting pupils with ADHD