Update: More than 7 years later despite repeated asks for her to follow through on her promise, Hedy Fry, just like Justin Trudeau and all the other Federal Liberal Politicians who have promised to screen federal prisoners for ADHD, has broken her promise. No action taken. Please ask her to do so. Monday, April 14th, 2011 […]
Ujjal Dosanjh, from Wikimedia Last Saturday, shortly after I tweeted about Vancouver South Liberal MP and past BC Premier & Attorney General and Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh‘s (on Twitter @ujjaldosanjh ) signs been destroyed or defaced on Twitter, 35+ of Liberal Dosanjh's large 4 by 4 signs have gone missing + another 25 have been
Yesterday I went to two leaders rallies in Vancouver, Michael Ignatieff’s in North Vancouver and Elizabeth May’s in Vancouver At the Green party rally that started at 7.30pm in front of the train station in Vancouver I asked Elizabeth May who’s @elizabethmay on Twitter “Do you knew that 20-45% of prisoners have ADHD?” Only 5%
21-45% of prisoners have ADHD 15 studies from peer-reviewed journals show. If people with ADHD are 4 to 9 times more likely to commit crimes and go to jail than non ADDers, shouldn’t every court screen for ADHD and offer diagnosis and proper treatment? The UK screens all prisoner for ADHD why don’t we? Update.
While there are billionaires with ADHD and a MENSA ADHD group with 500+ members, there are also many people with ADHD who have much poorer outcomes. This was published a DECADE ago. How long will politicians and the media keep their heads in the sand? Politicians pretend they think mental health is important, why won’t
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