Medical social control is used to deviate irregular behavior from society. The condition attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is used in the same type of way in classrooms with students. In a normal classroom setting children are paying attention, staying still, listening to directions when spoken too, and staying quiet when the teacher is speaking; in certain circumstances. While children that do not conform to social norms of how to act in a classroom can be diagnosed under the Diagnostic and statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM) under Axis I; which ADHD is classified under. The symptoms that society looks for to diagnose a child with ADHD in a setting are; sustaining attention in play or task activities, easily distracted,
