In recent years, children’s mental health problems, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), have been a growing phenomenon. However, there are limited examples of designing for and with children with ADHD. This work views conditions such as ADHD through the lens of neurodiversity as different cognitive styles, focusing on “coolabilities” and enhanced competences instead of disabilities.

We explore how to engage and involve children with ADHD in co-design activities. Taking the Diversity for Design (D4D) framework as a starting point, we adaptated the framework for ADHD informed by theory, three expert interviews, and an empirical study consisting of three co-design workshops based on dialogue-labs with ADHD children.