A Vision for ADHD

I want to take ADHD to the world. Too often ADHD is met with a lack of understanding and a great deal of critical disbelief. Even those who care and have taken the time to become educated in this area often don’t seem to fully understand.
We as a group need to get past the idea [...]

New Section – The Gallery

ADHD may drag us down sometimes, but one of the very positive sides to having ADHD is that we tend to be creative people. Time and time again I hear about kids who are struggling in many aspects of their lives. Commonly, those same kids find wonderful, carefree self-expression through art. My kids love to [...]

ADHD Accommodations and Support

Recently, someone had asked me what my view was on the following, in regards to ADHD:
- What should a person with ADHD reasonably expect from society in terms of accommodations and support?
- To what extent should society make accommodations or allowances for ADHD disabilities?
- How hard should a person work to make their ADHD behavior/performance [...]

You are the Cornerstone of Tomorrow

The ADHD Hunter needs your help! Those who have been following since the beginning know, that as someone with ADHD, I can’t sit still very long.
My intentions are to grow this site into something much bigger and better, in the coming months. I cannot give out too many details just yet, but I expect that [...]

A Hunter Walks in the Woods

I am sure many of you have heard of studies indicating that time spent outdoors in a green environment can substantially reduce symptoms of ADHD. The various studies indicate that being outdoors alone doesn’t have the same impact and also that just being in green surroundings indoors doesn’t appear to have any affect.
Few of the [...]

Inappropriate vs. Inconvenient

I’m teleporting back in my life – let’s say about 35 years. I’m on the street where I live in a Long Island suburb. There are about 15 of us – kids of all ages. What do we have in common? We all have guns!
Plastic pistols and machine guns that go clack-clack-clack. Many forced us [...]

Coexisting Conditions of ADHD

Often, an individual who is negotiating with ADHD in their life will also experience other coexisting conditions, or comorbidity. The rate of occurence for various other conditions can be surprisingly high and can make diagnosis and treatment more difficult. It is believed that as many as two thirds of children with ADHD have at least [...]

ADHD and Taxes

Here it is again – 10 days left until April 15th. U.S. federal, state and local taxes will be due. And once again, my ADHD procrastination circuits are rocking!
I am fortunate that I have a couple of unexpectedly free days to do the work. It won’t matter. I will lock down my free time approaching [...]

We Have Moved!

As further evidence of my ADHD mind, I present to you the following:
I have decided that after three weeks of learning about blogging, how to use and fine-tune Blogger and developing a writing flow, the next step was obvious! Time to start over!
I have made the switch to Wordpress. A number of nagging issues came [...]

There’s No Checkbox For My ADHD Child

What do you do when your ADHD child does not fit into someone’s checklist?
We just had a meeting with our school district’s Special Education committee. We had requested an evaluation for our son for an IEP, or Individualized Education Plan, due to his ADHD and Asperger’s. As described in earlier posts, his ADHD and Asperger’s [...]