We’ve got an excellent “TADD” Talk for you today! As part of ADHD Awareness Month and our special activities, ADDA has created TADD Talks, where we’ll be Talking about ADD every day the entire month of October! In today’s TADD …
Contact the ADHD Awareness Coalition or visit the ADHD Awareness Month website October is ADHD Awareness Month. The leading ADHD support organizations know you have questions and they are bringing you evidence-based answers. “Common Questions, Reliable Answers” is the theme …
With ADHD, You Can Put the Teletubbies in Charge by Scott Wu I struggled with a lot of things in school. It wasn’t a lack of intelligence (as many people mistakenly believe about ADHD.) You know the typical symptoms of …
by Tali Weissberger, based on the The ADHD Guide: Unshakable Self Confidence & Self Esteem – with Dr. Miriam Reiss What’s the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem? Self-confidence is how confident you are in your ability or skills. Self-esteem relates to …
Donation by Steven Tonkinson in tribute: “To our client, Jose Gongora”
By Janet L. Schmidt Diann Wingert was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult because of many struggles she encountered while self-employed. Diann was a licensed psychotherapist for over 20 years, including 8 years in a solo private practice. Because she …
By Jenna Knight I discovered I had ADHD when I had a confrontation with my professor about not bringing down my final exam. It was so bad, they called campus security. The director of the Disability Services Office was also …
by Zari Benson This pandemic has brought myriad hardships to people across the globe. For me, this “pause” has given me an abundance of time, and discomfort, to turn inwards and self-reflect. I have often avoided confronting my mental health …
By Heather Kyle I’m ADHD. I’ve been punished for it all my life. The school’s job is to educate. When it failed to teach me, it gave up and stopped trying. I’m the one left suffering for its failings. When …
By Ken Vernon Like many adults with Inattentive type ADHD, I was diagnosed later in life, when I was 47. My life was a string of relationship failures, a mountain of debt and chaos all around me. I struggled throughout …