“ Attention Deficit ” Is A Misnomer. Explain Adult ADHD
“Attention Deficit” Is A Misnomer.
By Catherine Novak.
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. Crowdsourcing ADHD adults to help reduce ignorance and stigma by non-ADHD adults against our fellow adults with ADHD.
Share the most important point you want non-ADDers to know about what it’s really like living with Adult ADHD, I post it on my blog & share it on social media with the hashtag #ExplainAdultADHD and encourage others to share it. Anonymously or full name.
“Attention Deficit” Is A Misnomer.
“It’s not that I can’t pay attention – it’s that ...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
“ Attention Deficit ” Is A Misnomer. Explain Adult ADHD
“Attention Deficit” Is A Misnomer.
By Catherine Novak.
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. Reducing stigma and ignorance against ADHD adults by crowdsourcing our creativity and persuasion powers to help our fellow adults with ADHD.
Share one, not three specific point you want non-ADDers to know about what it’s really like living with Adult ADHD and I post it on my blog & share it on social media with the hashtag #ExplainAdultADHD and encourage others to share it.
“Attention Deficit” Is A Misnomer.
“It’s not that I can’t pay attention – it’s that so many things...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
You Don ’ t Have To Be Hyperactive To Have ADHD. Explain Adult ADHD
You Don’t Have To Be Hyperactive To Have ADHD.
By Päivi Butcher
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. Crowdsourcing ADHD adults to help reduce ignorance and stigma by non-ADHD adults against our fellow adults with ADHD.
Share the most important point you want non-ADDers to know about what it’s really like living with Adult ADHD, I post it on my blog & share it on social media with the hashtag #ExplainAdultADHD and encourage others to share it. Anonymously or full name.
“I was diagnosed with ADHD-inattentive at 38. I had never even heard of it as I thought every ADHD person is hyperac...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 26, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
You Don ’ t Have To Be Hyperactive To Have ADHD. Explain Adult ADHD
You Don’t Have To Be Hyperactive To Have ADHD.
By Päivi Butcher
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. Crowdsourcing ADHD adults to help reduce ADHD stigma and ignorance by non-ADHD adults against our fellow adults with ADHD.
Share one, not three specific point you want non-ADDers to know about what it’s really like living with Adult ADHD and I post it on my blog & share it on social media with the hashtag #ExplainAdultADHD and encourage others to share it.
“I was diagnosed with ADHD-inattentive at 38. I had never even heard of it as I thought every ADHD person is hyperactive. That’s why I never, ...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 26, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
If Flashlights Could Talk. Explain Adult ADHD
If Flashlights Could Talk.
By ADAnon
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. A crowdsourced campaign to help reduce the ignorance and stigma against adults with ADHD.
Share one, not three specific point you want non-ADDers to know about what it’s really like living with Adult ADHD and I post it on my blog & share it on social media with the hashtag #ExplainAdultADHD and encourage others to share it.
“Let’s say you have a talking flashlight.
“It looks like most other flashlights and lacks any particularly
distinguishing features.
So you put some batteries in the flashlight and turn it on.
Nothing happens.
Y...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 26, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
Explain Your One Very Specific Point On Adult ADHD So Non-ADHD Adults Can Understand Us Better
Part Two. See part one here on WHY to do this. Thanks for helping to reduce ignorance, false information, and stigma against your fellow ADHD adults.
As I mentioned before, you can share your 1, not 3 specific point you want non-ADHD adults to understand about Adult ADHD in many ways. Text or audio, video, drawings, or a combination
After I post it, please share it on your social media accounts and encourage others you know to share it on theirs. Use the hashtag #UnderstandAdultADHD so people can find it.
Be creative, use examples from your life or other ADDers you know, or metaphors, analogies, statistics, diagrams, car...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADHD Adults Explain One Point About Adult ADHD Source Type: blogs
What Is The Most Important Thing You Want Non-ADHD Adults To Know About Adult ADHD? Explain It Here, Anonymously Or Full Name
Problem:
Have you ever been treated like crap because you have ADHD?
Has your self-esteem ever been damaged by how other people treat you because you have adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
The purpose of this campaign is to spread the word on what it really feels like to have adult ADHD. So non-ADHD adults can understand us better and do less shaming or humiliation of us for having a genetically inherited neurodevelopmental condition, i.e., stigmatizing us.
As someone who has been coaching adults with ADHD since 2003, runs an Adult ADHD support group and has ADHD, I’ve heard these ignorant stigmatizi...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
What Is One Thing You Want Non-ADHD Adults To Know About Adult ADHD? Explain It Here, Anonymously Or Full Name
Problem:
Have you ever heard any of these? “You just need to focus.” “You just need to try harder.” “ADHD isn’t a real condition.” “If you use ADHD meds you’ll become a drug addict.” “Everybody has ADHD.”
As someone who has been coaching adults with ADHD since 2003, runs an Adult ADHD support group, and has ADHD, I’ve heard these ignorant stigmatizing comments far too often.
So have my Adult ADHD clients, who hear them so often, and see so few willing to call them out on it, or impose a cost for stigmatizing us, some start to believe the lies...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
What Is One Thing You Want Non-ADHD Adults To Know About Adult ADHD? Explain It Here
Problem:
Have you ever heard any of these? “You just need to focus.” “You just need to try harder.” “ADHD isn’t a real condition.” “If you use ADHD meds you’ll become a drug addict.” “Everybody has ADHD.”
As someone who has been coaching adults with ADHD since 2003, runs an Adult ADHD support group, and has ADHD, I’ve heard these ignorant stigmatizing comments far too often.
So have my Adult ADHD clients, who hear them so often, and see so few willing to call them out on it, or impose a cost for stigmatizing us, some start to believe the lies...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
What Is One Thing You Want Non ADHD Adults To Know About Adult ADHD? Explain It Here
Problem:
As an adult ADHD coach since 2003 who has ADHD, I’ve heard far too many horror stories of not getting properly diagnosed and treated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Because the ADHD Catch 22 & ignorance & stigma on adult ADHD, most hide in ADHD closet, don’t complain to politicians/media. So they both think it’s not a real problem = few resources for us.
Too many spread ignorance and stigma against ADHD, which harms us and our families, and keeps many from seeking a diagnosis or treatment & others hiding in the ADHD Closet.
Sadly many ADDers internalize the external s...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
What Is One Specific Thing You Would Like Non ADHD Adults To Know About Adult ADHD?
Problem:
Too many reporters, politicians, health care professionals and others spread ignorance, factually incorrect information, and stigma against ADHD adults cost-free, which harms us ADHD adults and our families in many ways.
Solution:
Use your ADHD superpower of creativity to teach one, not three, very specific point about living with adult ADHD that you think non-ADHD adults should learn about us.
I post your one specific point on my blog and social media accounts, If you’re out of the ADHD closet, share it on your social media accounts and encourage others to share it too.
You can use your full name if you ...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADHD Adults Explain One Point About Adult ADHD Source Type: blogs
World Congress ADHD Family Day In Vancouver April 23rd
ADHD Family Day will be on Sunday, April 23rd 2017, 8.30 am -4.30 pm at the Vancouver Convention Centre East thanks to the 6th World Congress on ADHD and Caddac. Only $50. Please help get the word out.
Topics
> How the Understanding of ADHD has changed
> ADHD in the Classroom
> Oppositional Defiant Disorder, a new perspective
> ADHD and Coexisting Disorders
> A Punishment- Free Alternative to Dealing with Challenging Kids
> ADHD in Adults, early and late onset, sleep and health
> Understanding Medication Treatment
Featured Speakers
Dr. Thomas Brown Director Brown Clinic for Attention & Rela...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Conferences and Workshops Vancouver Source Type: blogs
First Time Outside of Europe. The 6th World Congress on ADHD In Vancouver, Canada, April 20-23rd
Würzburg, Vienna, Berlin, Milan, Glasgow, and now # 6 in Vancouver.
The 6th World Congress on ADHD will take place for the first time outside of Europe, they chose Canada, here in my home city of Vancouver.
It will be on April 20–23 2017 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
It is a massive conference with presenters from all over the world. There will be very many sessions on an extremely wide variety of topics on ADHD in adults, children, and teens.
For example just scrolling through one of the four days, Friday, on my 20” monitor took scrolling down 29, count them, 29 screens scrolls.
I hope some speakers wi...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Conferences and Workshops Vancouver ADHD family day. World Congress on ADHD Source Type: blogs
Dr. Ed Hallowell Is Speaking In Vancouver, Unwrapping The Gifts Of ADHD
Dr. Ed Hallowell, Web, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube has ADHD has written many books on ADHD, taught at Harvard Medical school and is also a great speaker who talks about the challenges AND the positives of ADHD.
Given the name of my blog, I appreciate his role as the pioneer of those who talk about the positives of ADHD, when many just see 99% pathology in us ADDers and not much else.
I recommend his books on ADHD to all my adult ADHD coaching clients and the members of my Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group.
Dr. Hallowell is speaking in Vancouver on Sunday, December 11, 2016, from 4:00pm – 5:30pm at Vancouver...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Conferences and Workshops Vancouver Source Type: blogs
With Every Success, I Am Starting To See More How ADHD Is Not A Negative Disease, But Something That Can Be Very Positive
Another satisfied Adult ADHD coaching client.
“Coaching has been one of the best decisions I could have made! I have been working with Pete over the last year and we have accomplished so much, in such a short time. When I began coaching, I had only known I had ADHD for a few years and I had not been managing my life very well. My relationships were strained, my life was disorganized and I was having very difficult coping issues with my circumstances.
The coaching experience helped me to get serious about ADHD and to get curious! Pete has helped me with consistent practices which have helped with every day organizatio...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - December 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Coaching Source Type: blogs
