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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder of the neurodevelopmental type.

It is characterized by problems paying attention, excessive activity, or difficulty controlling behavior which is not appropriate for a person's age.

These symptoms begin by age six to twelve, are present for more than six months, and cause problems in at least two settings (such as school, home, or recreational activities).

In children, problems paying attention may result in poor school performance.

Although it causes impairment, particularly in modern society, many children with ADHD have a good attention span for tasks they find interesting.

A nonprofit organization (also known as a non-business entity) is an organization whose purpose is something other than making a profit.

A nonprofit organization is often dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a particular point of view.

In economic terms, a nonprofit organization uses its surplus revenues to further achieve its purpose or mission, rather than distributing its surplus income to the organization's shareholders (or equivalents) as profit or dividends.

This is known as the non-distribution constraint.

The decision to adopt a nonprofit legal structure is one that will often have taxation implications, particularly where the nonprofit seeks income tax exemption, charitable status and so on.

Biologically, a child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty.

The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.

Biologically, an adult is a human or other organism that has reached sexual maturity.

In human context, the term adult additionally has meanings associated with social and legal concepts.

In contrast to a "minor", a legal adult is a person who has attained the age of majority and is therefore regarded as independent, self-sufficient, and .

A person is a being, such as a human, that has certain capacities or attributes constituting personhood, which in turn is defined differently by different authors in different disciplines, and by different cultures in different times and places.