To Have and to Hold
Being married or even in a romantic relationship/ friendship with someone with ADHD can be frustrating, but also rewarding too.
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Fighting for an Education
When I was younger, my parents had to fight tooth and nail against such remarks that I was just ‘a naughty child’ or they were ‘bad parents’. Very little was known about ADHD back then, it was 1993 after all, but the hostility against the difference instead of the support, was fairly evident. I can only imagine how difficult it was very my parents knowing […]
Read moreBe Gone Troll; I’m a Fully Functioning Adult (Apparently!)
Ok, so the other day I got into a little spat with the ADHD Foundation on social media. Don’t get me wrong the organisation is an amazing charity that does good work to educate, support and raise awareness for ADHD, but prominently it’s aimed at children. That’s not a reflection of the ADHD Foundation, because it seems to be a cultural thing; that ADHD is […]
Read more‘Good Parenting is not a Cure!’
You wouldn’t believe how many people still seem to think that ADHD is just a term for bad parenting, that it doesn’t exist. I’m sorry, but until you have it and have to put up with having an ADHD brain on a regular basis then you don’t really get to have that opinion. There are brilliant doctors, scientists and academic who state that there is […]
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