They say I´ve got too much energy. 

A phenomenographical study of how three dance pedagogues, diagnosed with ADHD, perceive their dance teaching.

This study aimed to create knowledge about how dance pedagogues with the diagnose ADHD perceive their teaching practices. The study uses two theoretical perpectives, crip-theory and phenomenography which also is a method for this study. 

Three dance pedagogues with the diagnose ADHD were interviewed. The questions at issue were: what do the interviews see as positive and negative in their work in relation to the diagnose and which variations are there within the answers. The interviews were perfomed with open questions and with the use of an interview guide. The answers from the interviews were transcribed word by word and out of the answers and the phenomenographical analysis five categories were made. The categories were: "Let the feeling lead", "Spontaneous and energetic", "Too much energy", "A little bit too honest", "Stressful to plan".

These categories are in line with the ongoing debates and research about the effects of ADHD on behaviour where lack of impulse control and spontaneity is typical. It points at both positive and negative experience to be diagnosed with ADHD when teaching dance. The variations in the answers are especially obvious when the interviewed talk about the organisation and planning before a dance class. It also indicates that people with ADHD are not the same. They feel different, work different and are different just like people who don´t have the diagnose ADHD. But the analyses of the results also includes that it is not quite clear what exactly in behaviour and feelings is caused by ADHD and what is caused by other factors like experience, age, knowledge etcetera.