Recognize National ADHD Awareness Week
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Please join ADHD Aware, a nonprofit run by and for people with ADHD, in educating your constituents that October 16-22 is National ADHD Awareness Week, as we lead a national campaign to educate Americans regarding the prevalence and seriousness of ADHD.
ADHD is a disease that greatly affects America. According to the National Institutes of Health more than 8% of the US adult population—about 20 million people—develops ADHD at some point in their life. Children are particularly affected by ADHD. The average age of onset is 7 years old and children with ADHD are at higher risk of developing problems with peers, major injuries, learning difficulties and emergency room admissions. And while the public largely perceives ADHD to affect boys, 1 in 4 patients is a girl.
Because the diagnosis is often stigmatized and belittled, millions of Americans do not seek treatment resulting in lost productivity and potential that leaves us all diminished. You can show your support by circulating the Are You ADHD Aware? quiz, posting it on your website, distributing it to staff and constituents, or speaking publicly about the need to better understand ADHD.
With your support, we can change public perceptions about ADHD by increasing awareness of the seriousness and prevalence of the disease.
ADHD is a disease that greatly affects America. According to the National Institutes of Health more than 8% of the US adult population—about 20 million people—develops ADHD at some point in their life. Children are particularly affected by ADHD. The average age of onset is 7 years old and children with ADHD are at higher risk of developing problems with peers, major injuries, learning difficulties and emergency room admissions. And while the public largely perceives ADHD to affect boys, 1 in 4 patients is a girl.
Because the diagnosis is often stigmatized and belittled, millions of Americans do not seek treatment resulting in lost productivity and potential that leaves us all diminished. You can show your support by circulating the Are You ADHD Aware? quiz, posting it on your website, distributing it to staff and constituents, or speaking publicly about the need to better understand ADHD.
With your support, we can change public perceptions about ADHD by increasing awareness of the seriousness and prevalence of the disease.
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My son suffered with this till he turned 27. Thankfully after all this time and medicine he's doing great in college and life! Thank God he's on his way to becoming an RN.
My son suffered with this till he turned 27. Thankfully after all this time and medicine he's doing great in college and life! Thank God he's on his way to becoming an RN.
Both my kids have ADHD and we need all the help we can get to help them and understand thier minds!
I have an AWESOME dr. She is very easy to work with. She knows me and listens to me!!! I am blessed!
I think Dr.s should quit making you feel bad if you have to take adderal to feel normal ,some make you feel like you have a drug problem& they never change the dosage
We NEED more support. I'm 73 years young and have fought this battle all my life, blindly. I NEVER KNEW what was 'wrong" with me until, by chance, I found information on ADHD. I spun my wheels for 60 years just to be 'normal'. No ONE should have to live their life like that!
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