If Calvin Took Ritalin
This great parody of the classic Calvin & Hobbes cartoons highlights the problems and ethical considerations of using medication to treat ADHD.
Many thanks to The Ephemerist for finding this.
Find Out More:
Books:
- ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Adults
- Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids
- Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention: A Book for Kids About Add
- Ritalin-Free Kids: Safe and Effective Homeopathic Medicine for ADHD and Other Behavioral and Learning Problems
- ADHD Treatment
August 24th, 2009
ADD / ADHD, Medication, Ritalin
Comments on: If Calvin Took Ritalin
Personally I like the outcome. As an avid reader of this excellent comic strip, I understand that Calvin’s grades are atrocious and he is entirely inept at school. These pills have evidently allowed him the ability to control his hyperactive imagination and thus actually complete an assignment. I’ve always been against medicating children for ADHD, particularly when statistics show that the receipients of this medication have overwhelmingly been young males. However, this strip makes me see it in a new light.
One criticism: Bill Watterson’s name should be removed from the above image at once. If he did not write this particular strip, then his name should not be associated with it. (Of course, if he DID write it, then bravo I suppose.)
Posted by: Jacovny October 6th, 2009 at 12:15 am
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