October is ADHD Awareness Month. We’ll be holding our monthly parent and carer meet up, this evening at The Dog and Partridge in Stockport between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm.
Here at S.P.A.C.E. we raise ADHD awareness all year round but in October we are a little bit louder. The theme of this year’s ADHD Awareness Month is Awareness is Key. Here at S.P.A.C.E. we know that our families need more than awareness, they need action, but awareness is a good start.
If teaching staff are aware of ADHD and how it may affect their students, then they can take action to support children and young people in the right way. If employers and HR departments are aware of ADHD, they can offer appropriate work place accommodations and access schemes like Access to Work to help their employees do their best work. Eliminating the stigma that is still commonly associated with this condition starts with awareness and improves with action.
We primarily support parents and carers of children with ADHD, but this condition has a strong hereditary factor and over the years, many of our parents and carers have identified that they themselves also have ADHD.
Unfortunately there are lots of myths around ADHD which have led professionals to ignore lots of common ADHD symptoms over the years. Now that we know that ADHD is a life long condition and can present differently to the stereotype of naughty boy behaviour, it’s not surprising that there has been a big increase in people recognising that the root cause of their challenges could be neurodiversity.
ADHD Awareness Month is a great time to find out more about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (terrible and misleading name) Our useful resources page is a great place to start and we’d love to hear your suggestions for other reputable sources of information that you’ve found helpful.
