The term "Hacking" used to be a strictly negative term for many people, evoking thoughts of troublemakers and criminals. In some instances that was accurate, but another meaning is to 'take something and make it work the way you want it to', to personalize it.

As some of you may already know from some of my other posts, my youngest child is ADHD.  He was diagnosed about 3 years ago, a feat that took me nearly as long to accomplish.  I knew before he even started school, that he was "different".  I had been mother and step mother 5 times over before my little one came along, I knew at least a little about raising children. Having lived with both the Alex before medication and the Alex on medication, I feel I've become quite good at knowing his needs and "quircks".  It doesn't take me long to realize when we've forgotten to take a pill.