ADD / ADHD Advocacy

Pete Speaking on Adult ADHD at West Vancouver ADHD Conference. Wed, March 29, 2006

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For those of you in the Vancouver area, I’ll be speaking on adult ADHD at the West Vancouver ADHD Conference, Supporting the ADHD Student At Home – At School – In the Community. The West Vancouver School District invites parents, teachers, administrators, and members of the medical and mental health communities to join us for […]

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The Upside of ADD Thrill Seeking

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Douglas Cootey at The Splintered Mind has a good post on the upside of thrill seeking, one common traits of ADDers. One byproduct of seeking out the new thrills continually is increased creativity. Old ideas are abandoned for exciting, brand new ones. If tapped, that can be a valuable resource for the person with AD/HD.

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Pete interviewed in Metro Newspaper Column will be out Monday March 20th

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Update: It’s not in the Monday issue. I’ll let you know when it appears. I was recently interviewed for an article on ADD and work from the perspective on an ADD life and business coach in Metro Newspaper. Metro News is published in several Canadian cities, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, and online. The issue

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Does ADD Really Exist? How to Answer this Question, Part 2

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In Part 1, I gave some suggestions on how to deal with those people who claim that ADD doesn’t exist, it’s not a real condition, you know the people who pretend that they can make prouncements of the validity of a medical condition without a medical degree or background. Can you imagine saying to someone

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When The Expert Predictions of Failure

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When the experienced professionals don’t believe in your business idea, are they always right? If you decide to take the plunge from complaining about your boss to becoming your own boss and starting a company, you will be in for a wild, wonderful and occasionally terrifying ride. One thing you’ll probably acquire as I did,

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