The Importance of Community with Dr. Larry Jones
From ADHD Essentials by Brendan Mahan
November 12, 2025 · 39 min · Episode 284
About this episode
Dr. Larry Jones discusses his journey as a pediatrician and the importance of community support for ADHD families.
In today’s episode, I talk to a genuine trailblazer - Dr. Larry Jones. Dr. Jones is a retired pediatrician who won CHADD’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. He is the founder of the 501(c)3 nonprofit Enable Tables, and the co-author of “Falling Through the Ceiling: Our ADHD Family Memoir", both with his wife Audrey. Dr. Jones shares his road to becoming a doctor as a black man in the 1970s. With the support of his family and community, he graduated both undergrad and medical school at Johns Hopkins, and became a pediatrician all while navigating the challenges of undiagnosed ADHD and the institutionalized racism of the 1970s. He shares insights into the importance of community and lessons he’s learned as both a father and a pediatrician, and discusses his company Enable Tables, which teaches parents and educators how to support, motivate, and instruct ADHD children to perform in well in school and live stable, productive, resilient lives. Guest Links: Learn more about Dr. Jones and his work here: Enable Tables https://enabletables.com/ Enable Tables on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@enabletablesmedia3133 Get Dr. Jones’s Book Here Learn More about Brendan and his work at: Join…
People in this episode
Host: Brendan Mahan
Guest: Dr. Larry Jones
Topics covered
- community support
- ADHD education
- pediatric care
- personal journey
- institutional racism
- parenting strategies
Keywords
- ADHD
- community
- pediatrician
- parenting
- education
- institutional racism
- Enable Tables
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Enable Tables
Books & works: Falling Through the Ceiling: Our ADHD Family Memoir
Places: Johns Hopkins
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