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3 Vancouver BC ADHD Entrepreneurs in BC Business Magazine, Where I’m Quoted on ADHD Entrepreneurs

BC Business Magazine published a great article on three ADHD entrepreneurs & other entrepreneurs with mental health conditions. Title of the article is Mental Health: Entrepreneurs Living on the Edge by Danny Bradbury  @dannybradbury I’m glad BC Business did this article, I don’t know if there are any studies on it, but as someone who […]

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News 1130 Radio’s Ben Wilson Interviews Me For ADHD Awareness Week in BC. Gambling, Drugs, And Crime or Entrepreneurs?

Cross posted on BC ADHD I was interviewed on was interviewed on News1130 Radio  by News 1130 Anchor Ben Wilson Twitter,  for ADHD Awareness Week in BC Ben will do 4 Interviews on ADHD In BC During ADHD Awareness Week Starting Tues Oct 15th at 7.05pm  and going until Friday October 18th. Tomorrow is Carol Walley, CHADD

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ADHD And Self-Esteem. What Lowers It, What Raises It?

Here are notes from my nonprofit Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group September 6th 2016 Meeting on the topic of ADHD and self-esteem. In my experience, most adults with ADHD have problems with self-esteem, regardless of external accomplishments. I’ve coached hundreds of ADHD entrepreneurs and people in the workplace (I don’t coach students), and some have

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BurnOuts in the Sky Fund Raiser For Bradley McPherson Memorial ADHD Scholarship Fund Aug 24th

This ADHD scholarship fundraiser and Car Show is happening this Saturday in memory of Bradley McPherson who had ADHD and was killed for being a Good Samaritan. Great idea! ADHD students have more trouble in school than others, have higher rates of grade failure and drop outs. BC got a failing grade in CADDAC’s ADHD School

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The Georgia Straight Covers My Campaign To Get BC Politicians To Re Open The BC Adult ADHD Clinic

Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith did an great article about the 6 year campaign ( we adders can be very tenacious if we really want something)  I and others have been waging to try to  reopen the BC adult ADHD clinic by getting BC politicians to stop neglecting ADHD. He also talks about then BC

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“We Should Reopen It.” BC Conservative Party Leader John Cummins on the Closed BC Adult ADHD Clinic

UPDATE #2: Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith did an article about the reopening of the BC adult ADHD clinic me and the BC politicians. UPDATE: BC Greens Party Leader Jane Sterk also supports reopening the BC adult ADHD clinic she told me in a phone conversation. I’ll do a separate post on it soon. BC Greens Vancouver-Mount

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

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, 2011, The

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First Elected Politician With The Courage To Go Public With Having ADHD in Canada Or America. Thanks Sarah Blyth!

Billionaire entrepreneurs, Gold medal winning Olympic athletes and entertainers, and pulitzer prize newspaper columnists have gone public with ADHD but up until now no elected politician in Canada or in the US has gone public with having ADHD that I’ve been able to find. I’ve searched the web and asked many people in both Canada

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Alan Beesley Liberal candidate for Delta – Richmond East Supports Screening Prisoners in Federal Jails for ADHD

Monday, April 14th I went to see Michael Ignatieff at the Vancouver Alpine Club. I asked Michael a question about ADHD & crime during the Q & A period, I think I was the 3rd questioner “Do you knew that 20-45% of prisoners have ADHD 15 clinical studies show? And only 5% of adults have

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