Driving and Working Impairments in ADHD and ASD

Driving and Working Impairments in ADHD

and ASD

Ronna Fried, Ed.D. Director of Neuropsychology in the Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology

and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School









Current Employment Status

Percentage of Each Group

Currently employed *

52% 72%

Employed full time *

34% 57%

Not currently employed *

Looking for work *

* p .001

27%

14% 5%

48%

ADHD (N=500) Non-ADHD (N=501)

Biederman et al. J Clin Psychiatry. 2006 Apr; 67(4):524-40



Average Household Income by Education Level Attained

$100,000 $90,000 $80,000 $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $10,000 $0

Control ADHD

$66,683 $63,086

$29,577 $23,859

$46,471 $38,733

$91,316 $52,404

Less than High School

High School/Some

College

College/Some Post-graduate

Post-Grad

Degree

Education (Highest Degree Obtained)

Biederman and Faraone. Medscape General Medicine 2006; 8:12.



Hollingshead mean score (higher score=higher SES)

Educational and Occupational Level at the 16-Year Follow-Up

Controls ADHD 7

6.5 z=-5.36

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