Mark's offering for this issue has taken into account our main theme of Learning Difficulties, with particular reference to ADD/ADHD.

In describing his disenchantment with the way this condition has traditionally been regarded and "treated" in the UK, Mark is in crusading vein and, in his habitual fashion, pulls no punches.

Trying to get messages across to the DfEE, says Mark, is "rather like trying to engage a sheep in a discussion about the role of metaphor in the works of Moliere."