Chapter 34 Understanding ADHD

Chapter 34 recapping my unexpected Autism and ADHD year: this week I'm looking at understanding ADHD more after I'd received a referral for a secondary diagnosis. Autism + ADHD = AuDHD.

8 months into my neurodivergent discovery year, I took the 4-week FutureLearn Understanding ADHD course, and the first week was a broad introduction to understanding ADHD, for which I use my course notes to process that broad understanding and how it relates to my own eventual diagnosis of combined inattentive/hyperactive-impulsive ADHD.

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Some useful links:
ADHD Self-Test:
https://psychology-tools.com/test/adu...

FutureLearn Understanding ADHD online course:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/u...

ADHD Facebook clip: INTENTION deficit disorder:
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Additional Resources (credit to FutureLearn Understanding ADHD course - will check links are live in next couple of days and amend if not..):
Here are some links that you might find useful. This list is not meant to be exhaustive and mainly refers to the UK.
• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have an “information for the public” section on ADHD.
• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) also provide guidelines on the diagnosis and management of ADHD.
• ADDIS offer a wide range of resources aimed at helping families affected by ADHD.
• The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health offer training services for professionals and parents on ADHD and other mental health/ neurodevelopmental issues.
• CoramBAAF offer support and provide various events aimed at helping professionals and families with adoption and fostering related challenges.
• Adoption UK also provide specialist support to adoptive families.
• Mind Ed provide more specialised training aimed at professionals working with those affected by ADHD.
Other recommended readings:
• This paper provides an excellent summary of the research on ADHD.
• This paper looks at the global prevalence of ADHD and why rates differ across the world.
• This paper looks at the complicated issue of gender differences in ADHD.
• This paper looks at some of the poorer outcomes of ADHD in later life.

AQ Autism Self-Test:
I'm going to keep posting the link to the AQ Self Test for autism every episode in case this is the first video in the series people come across. Take the self test (remember it's JUST a self-test) and see how you score. You may have been on the autism spectrum all along and just had no idea, like I was:
https://psychology-tools.com/test/aut...

Cat-Q Test (Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire): An alternate self-test if you've gone a long time masking.
https://embrace-autism.com/cat-q