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title: 'Video: How the gift of dance transformed a 12-year-old boy with ADHD'
description: See the inspiring story of this 12-year-old boy with ADHD who can’t stop moving his feet. In this video, watch as he discovers his talent and passion.
slug: video-how-the-gift-of-dance-transformed-a-12-year-old-boy-with-adhd
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-08-05T15:27:38.687Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/8A5F669494EE4B7F99C26841504E9F1E/ce593c674cfb07b95fb0b5c618571279/Video-_How_the_Gift_of_Dance_Transformed_a_12-Year-Old_Boy_With_ADHD.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-the-gift-of-dance-transformed-a-12-year-old-boy-with-adhd
lang: en
---

# Video: How the gift of dance transformed a 12-year-old boy with ADHD

When he was younger, 12-year-old Pierson Feeney “couldn’t stop moving his feet,” his mother says. That inspired her to enroll him in a local dance class in Biloxi, Mississippi. Watch the inspiring story of Pierson, who has [ADHD](https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-adhd), discovering his love of dance. He travels to a national dance competition in Las Vegas. And he talks about how the focus he finds through dance carries over into everyday life.

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