We need an inquiry into the BC Children and Adults ADHD Clinic Donation Scandal My Story in the Georgia Straight

by Pete Quily on January 31, 2012 · 0 comments

I’m in this weeks Georgia Straight a Vancouver based weekly newspaper along with Dr. Margaret Weiss ex BC ADHD clinic chief commenting on the $3 million dollar BC children and adult ADHD clinic donation scandal. Matt Burrows wrote the story. We need an inquiry into this scandal.

See my previous post medical bureaucrats at BC Children’s Hospital & PHSA botch multimillion dollar donation for desperately needed BC Adult & Children’s ADHD clinic. Vancouver Sun health reporter Pamela Fayerman broke this story, her follow up story here.

It’s scandalous that desperate ADHD adults and parents of children with ADHD can’t find people properly trained in diagnosing ADHD in BC. Of the few who are trained in diagnosing and medically treating ADHD,  many do not even have wait lists, and those who do often have very long wait lists.  Read more...

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Medical Bureaucrats at BC Children’s Hospital & PHSA Botch Multimillion Dollar Donation For Desperately Needed BC Adult & Children ADHD Clinic

by Pete Quily on January 23, 2012 · 2 comments

The CEO of Deeley Harley Davidson Canada, Don James has been trying to give a 3 million dollar donation for a desperately needed children and adult BC ADHD clinic. For 3 years. Incompetent BC medical bureaucrats have ignored him. Repeatedly.

This is disgraceful.

Pamela Fayerman, the Vancouver Sun’s medical reporter wrote an excellent investigative story on this. Check out her Blog Medicine Matters, Twitter  Facebook. But unfortunately, her 1675 word investigative story complete with a staff photographer photograph that looks like it’s written for the print edition is posted instead in her blog, not the print edition.

Why? Was it spiked? Blog spiked? It’s a great story. Did it offend the powers that be at the Vancouver Sun? Their connected friends or organizations? Vancouver Sun managing editor Harold Munro apparently made the decision. Please ask Harold why an excellent story like this is not in the print edition? Here’s his email address hmunro@vancouversun.com ADHD gets ignored or stigmatized in BC far too much.  Read more...

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Far More Helpful Than Anything Else I Have Tried

by Pete Quily on January 12, 2012 · 0 comments

Another satisfied adult ADHD coaching client.

Pete Quily is an excellent coach with fantastic communication skills. He is a compassionate listener and an assertive communicator.

I’ve struggled with ADD for years and I found Pete to be far more helpful than anything else I have tried including a wide variety of medications.

He has a broad holistic approach that includes conventional as well as alternative strategies. Pete uses a combination of solid medical research that is well tempered with experience, intuition and kindness.

I have always believed that medication should be used only as a last line of defense for treating ADD and I strongly recommend using Pete as a first line of defense in conjunction with exercise and diet.

S. G.

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What Have You Done Well in 2011?

by Pete Quily on December 31, 2011 · 1 comment

Sometimes we just think about what we did that was “wrong” or didn’t work out.

While it is important to learn from what we did that didn’t work out, often we put most of our focus on that while ignoring what we did that DID work out. Many people do that, but arguably adults with ADHD do that more than most people.

What you focus on expands.

So why not make a list of what you did well in 2011? Well, not perfect.

What did you try and succeed at?

What new skills did you learn?

How can you continue to focus on what you did well in 2011, and do them more often in 2012?

If you want to make some New Years resolutions, maybe include some of those answers in them. Or consider an alternative to a New Year’s resolutions, a New Year’s theme.

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First City In Canada To Proclaim ADHD Awareness Week is Vancouver. Thanks Vancouver City Council!

by Pete Quily on October 20, 2011 · 1 comment

8 years of ADHD Awareness Weeks/days for in the US starting with the original nation resolution in the US Senate in 2004

Zero ADHD Awareness Weeks/days in Canada. None at the Federal level. None at the provincial level. None at the municipal level.

But I’m happy to report that on Tuesday Oct 18th The Vancouver City Council declared the week of October 16th to 22nd, 2011 as “ADHD AWARENESS WEEK” at a ceremony at Vancouver city hall.  Mayor Gregor Robertson read out the resolution and I and Parks Commissioner Sarah Blyth who has  gone public on having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder spoke after.

Just before the ADHD Awareness week proclamation the outgoing Vancouver Poet Laureate Brad Cran in his final speech and poem to council went public that he had ADHD. Great timing! Thanks Brad. I’ll do a post later on that.  Read more...

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