WWU Entrepreneurship & Innovation student fellow launches app designed to address a major ADHD challenge
After experiencing challenges that come alongside having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the workplace, WWU undergraduate Alex Hines, originally from a town outside Raleigh, North Carolina, set out to research and find a solution to one of the biggest hurdles: task initiation. “It’s that ADHD paralysis moment of sitting on the couch for two hours, knowing you need to brush your teeth before bed and just not being able to get up to do it,” said Hines, who is a student fellow in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program (E&I).
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