Azaria L. D. Bethel — a young golfer and chess player diagnosed with ADHD — co-authors Navigating My Unique Mind to help kids, parents, and teachers understand neurodiversity.
A school assignment about how her own brain works has made a middle schooler a published author. Azaria L. D. Bethel, 10, has co-written a children's guide to ADHD with her mother, Bahamian attorney and author Agatha D. Bethel — and the book is now on shelves in Nassau
and Eleuthera and available worldwide on Amazon.
The project began in a classroom. Diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Azaria set out to explain ADHD to her classmates and teachers for a school exhibition — not just as a research topic, but as a look inside her own mind. Her message was simple: a different kind
of brain isnt a broken one. Its a mind wired to think outside the box.
The response to her presentation was strong enough that her mother saw a bigger opportunity.
Together they expanded the assignment into Navigating My Unique Mind: A Kids Guide to Steering Through ADHD, Embracing Neurodiversity, and Finding Your True Course (Inspire Publishing 2026) — a fun, practical activity book written for the children living with ADHD and
other learning disorders and the adults raising and teaching them.
Azaria is proof of her own message. Off the page, she is a competitive golfer and a sharp chess player — two pursuits that demand patience, strategy, and sustained focus.
Azarias success on the golf course and at the chessboard shows that a fast-moving mind is an incredible asset when a child has the right tools to harness it," said Agatha D. Bethel. “Working on her school project, we realized how many kids feel frustrated simply because no one ever
taught them how their own brain likes to learn. We wrote this book to hand children and parents fun, practical strategies that turn daily hurdles into wins.
I wanted other kids to know that having ADHD doesn't mean something is wrong with you, said Azaria. "It just means your brain works in its own way.
Written in an encouraging voice, Navigating My Unique Mind breaks neurodiversity down into simple ideas and gives young readers daily affirmations, calming techniques, and practical ways to handle everyday challenges. It also builds empathy, helping children understand friends and classmates who experience the world a little differently. Beyond kids with ADHD, the book offers activities for parents, teachers, and teammates who want to recognise the strengths every child brings.
For Bahamian families and educators, the book arrives as schools across the country pay closer attention to how neurodiverse students learn — and as more parents look for local voices and resources they can trust.
