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The Globe and Mail

THE CRITICAL LIST By CATHERINE DAWSON

Date: Saturday, February 1, 2003

"...mostly it is the stories of three families who live with ADHD children every day. Caring for an ADHD child looks, from the film, like coping with a restless toddler in tantrum mode 24/7, no matter what the actual age of the child."
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The Toronto Sun

IT'S MUST-THINK TV By BILL BRIOUX

Date: Thursday, February 6, 2003

"...Filmmaker Karen O'Donnell turns the camera on her own son Kail, who has ADHD. He gives a first hand account of some of the frustrations of the disorder and how it affects those around him."

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Playback

ONTARIO SCENE By SEAN DAVIDSON

Date: Monday , February 3, 2003

"...Director Karen O'Donnell gets up-close and personal with Attention Deficit Didorder this month, when her one-hour doc, Odd Kid Out airs on TVOntario. And there's more on the way. Because she and DOP Mike Grippo shot over 100 hours for her $250,000 debut, O'Donnell plans to turn out a second, companion piece about this puzzling disorder."

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The Record - Waterloo

TELEVISION By BONNIE MALLECK

Date: Thursday, February 6, 2003

Karen O'Donnell's documentary on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a subject of which O'Donnell has first-hand knowledge. Her 13-year-old son has ADHD and O'Donnell chose to spotlight her family's struggle to help their son in order to shed new light on this puzzling and misunderstood disorder.

The Bloor Cinema

REVIEWS
Date: January 2003

"..The stigma associated with this "Disorder" is so severs that many choose to suffer in isolation. This documentary breaks the code of silence, as three families allow us in."

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