ADD / ADHD Advocacy

Hedy Fry Liberal MP For Vancouver Centre Supports Screening Prisoners in Federal Jails for ADHD

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 […]

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Of Course. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May’s Answer To My ? Would She Support Screening Federal Prisoners For ADHD

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%

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Co Moderating Mental Health And Social Media #MHSM Chat With Vancouver Sun’s Exec Ed Valerie Casselton How To Effectively Respond To Media Stories On Mental Health

I co moderated the Mental Health And Social Media #MHSM Twitter chat with Valerie Casselton @Valcasselton the executive editor of the Vancouver Sun newspaper last Tuesday November 23rd. The topic was how to effectively respond to media stories on mental health. I’m @petequily on Twitter The Mental Health And Social Media #MHSM chat happens every

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Vancouver Sun Celebrates ADHD Awareness Week by Stigmatizing ADHD on Front Page and Syndicating It Nationwide

The Vancouver Sun celebrated ADHD Awareness week by stigmatizing ADHD on it’s front page, & sharing it Canada wide via the Canwest 2.0 / PostMedia News network in a story by reporter Tracy Sherlock. Update 2: The Vancouver Sun actually ran a story on the same study nearly a month earlier, August 18th with the

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