ADD / ADHD Advocacy

Pete Will Be a Panelist at the Self Help Resource Association’s Peer Support for Healthy Communities Sept 21st in Vancouver

I’ll be one of the panelists speaking and answering questions at the Self Help Resource Association’s Now called Peer Net BC  Peer Support for Healthy Communities: An Information and Networking Fair September 21. If you’re leader in a lower mainland self-help or peer support group you might want to attend this but you need to register […]

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Navigating ADHD. Seminar and Question and Answer Session for Vancouver ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) Awareness Day Wed Sept 20th.

While I’m still waiting for a Canadian ADD Awareness day, thought I’d help do my part to get the ball rolling in my neck of the woods. Here’s an event the Vancouver Adult ADD Support group is organizing to help get the word out about ADD awareness in the Vancouver Area. If you live in

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ADD Awareness Day September 20th 2006. What Will You Do To Get The Word Out?

ADD Awareness Day is on Wednesday, September 20th 2006. ADDA has a lot of great information that makes it easy and simply for ADDers to get involved to get the word out about ADD awareness. ADDA is “happy to advertise both your group and your event on our website”. ADDA’s ADHD Awareness Task Force is

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How 4 People Turned Learning. Disabilities Into Stories Of Success, Fortune And Happiness

How 4 people turned learning. disabilities into stories of success, fortune and happiness Kathy Bergen at the Chicago Tribune tells the story of people with learning disabilities who were very succesful in their careers. Bill Jacobs owns eight car dealerships that did $400 million in sales last year. Chicago economist Diane Swonk appeared on TV

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ADHD in South Africa. It’s Not Just An American Thing.

Update: Here’s my international ADHD support group page which includes a South African ADHD support group organization with multiple chapters, ADHASA Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Association of Southern Africa for Children and Adults Here’s an article on a study that replicated an ADHD study conducted in Norway, with children from the Limpopo province in the Republic

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