With the right support, students with ADHD can thrive in digital learning environments

Don’t generalise about digital learning being problematic for students with ADHD. Rather, find the digital tools that develop their unique talents, argues Dustin Hosseini.

A recent Campus resource made several striking assertions about ADHD and digital learning. As a group of more than a dozen students and educators with lived experience of and/or academic interest in neurodivergence, we disagree with the parallels the piece draws between increasing diagnoses of ADHD and the rise of bi-directional media, and in how it generalises digital education as potentially problematic for those with ADHD. The piece fails to take into account the multitude of digital tools and learning opportunities that benefit people with ADHD, enabling them to develop their unique talents and abilities.