Kids with ADD and ADHD: A New Generation of Gifted Children Called "Indigos"

Every year, thousands of children are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD). These children are usually prescribed a stimulant medication, such as Ritalin, in order to help them function normally in school and everyday tasks. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, prescriptions for stimulant medications have increased five-hundred percent since 1991. Many children who are diagnosed with ADD or ADHD do not fully meet the criteria for the disorders and this has lead many people to believe that doctors often put the children on Ritalin for a quick fix solution. (Dunne) In fact, some researchers believe that these so called "troubled children" are a new generation of extremely gifted children called indigos.

This new generation of gifted children has become known as the indigos because they are believed to have a chakra color of indigo blue. This chakra color is an organism's energy field and can be seen with a special camera or by some one who has trained himself to see it. When light moves slowly it produces warm colors and produces cool colors when it moves at a faster rate. A chakra color of indigo is characterized with spiritually aware and often clairvoyant people. (Virtue, 7-8) An indigo can be recognized by having certain personality characteristics and tend to be right brained. (Virtue, 97-98)

Most indigos are described as being very strong willed and headstrong, usually doing as they please. (Virtue, 19) Indigo children are very creative in the arts and typically have the knack for design, using colors, and composing music and poetry. Indigos are very intuitive and are very good at picking up on body language and other forms of communication. Indigo children crave stimulation and generally lose patience with those who are not out of the box thinkers which has lead many of them to be diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. (Virtue, 6) While many of the indigos are ADHD, not all would be classified that way, and of course not all ADHD children are indigos.