Can ADD symptoms in infancy affect development in later years?
A3. Because developmental stages of life are interconnected and many stages of infancy impact school-age development, adolescence, and adulthood dramatically the symptoms during infancy can impact later life. If early development is disturbed later development is also disturbed. That is because as they reach new milestones they do not possess the full range of skills necessary to master the new ones. This makes ADD more complex as the child ages since not only are we dealing with symptoms we are also dealing with a variety of developmental delays or gaps. Back to top …………………………………………………………….
