Product design for children with ADHD is an important aspect to promote the healthy development of education for children with ADHD. Through visual bibliometric method, the current status and hot research on product design for children with ADHD were visually analyzed, the research status, knowledge structure, hot research and development trend were systematically sorted out, and the existing limitations and future development direction of the research were clearly defined. Provide clues and strategies for designing children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Methods The data source of this study was selected from the journal literature related to ADHD children’s products in CNKI database from 1997 to 2024. CiteSpace literature visualization analysis software was used to draw the knowledge graph structure spectrum of the literature data in terms of the annual number of publications, research institutions, and hot keywords for visualization and metrology analysis. So we can grasp the research direction and research hotspot and summarize the research development direction. Conclusion by analyzing the design context and research trends of product design for children with ADHD through the visualization atlas, it is found that the number of literature has increased significantly and steadily since 2016, indicating that this field is becoming a research hotspot in the academic world. The research was carried out in East China Normal University, Zhejiang University, Beijing University of Technology and other institutions. The authors of relevant studies cooperate loosely, and the cooperation between research institutions needs to be strengthened. The design of children with ADHD is in a stage of rapid development, showing various development trends, and the design research in related fields is gradually deepening. The support of policy support, the expansion of application scale and the deepening of research theories have injected new vitality into the research field of product design for children with ADHD.