Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD & ADHD)
ADDVance-Answers
to Your Questions about ADD (ADHD)
Information for Women and Girls with ADD (ADHD). Provides general information
on AD/HD plus looks at specific concerns of girls and women with AD/HD.
Includes a checklist for girls who suspect they might have AD/HD, a
questionnaire, and articles on high school and social skills. Created
by clinical psychologist Kathleen Nadeau and pediatrician Patricia Quinn,
authors of several books on AD/HD.
Attention
Deficit Disorder Association
Articles on a variety of AD/HD topics including myths, organization
& time management, legal issues, research, treatment, and family
& school issues. From the Attention Deficit Disorder Association,
an international organization established in 1989 to “provide
information, resources and networking to adults with AD/HD.”
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder
An article written for the National Dissemination Center for Children
with Disabilities by author and AD/HD coach Mary Fowler. Includes information
on causes, diagnosis, treatment, and school issues. Click on “Resources”
in the Table of Contents for links to other web sites and a list of
books and videos.
CHADD: Children and Adults
with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Scroll down for fact sheets, an FAQ, and local support and services.
Also includes recent news on AD/HD as well as a link to research studies.
From Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,
a national nonprofit organization founded in 1987 to help alleviate
the frustration experienced by people with AD/HD.
Misunderstood
Minds
Looks at the criteria used to diagnose AD/HD and includes “up
close” articles on whether the condition really exists and whether
medication should be used. Also has unique activities designed to let
a person without AD/HD experience what it’s like to read and listen
to instructions with distractions. This is the companion web site to
the PBS Television documentary Misunderstood Minds.
National Resource Center
on AD/HD
Provides the latest news as well as information on the science of AD/HD,
myths, diagnosis, treatment, and educational issues. From the National
Resource Center on AD/HD, established in 2002 as the national clearinghouse
for information on AD/HD.
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October 9, 2008
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