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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
If you have not been assessed because of money, waiting lists or simply getting to appointments, that is a barrier and not a lack of seriousness on your part.
The loop is unkind: the difficulties themselves make earning and organising harder, and that makes assessment and treatment harder to reach. Before…
Plenty of adults with ADHD grew up being called lazy, difficult or naughty, and some were punished in ways nobody would allow now. That history usually needs saying out loud, because it left a belief behind.
The belief tends to sound like: there is something wrong with me and people will find out. It shows up as bracing for criticism, or hearing an…
Making a child repeat a year rarely fixes what went wrong. The same lessons without different support tend to produce the same result, plus the sting of being the oldest in the room.
If a year has gone badly, the useful questions are what support was missing and whether something else, such as an unrecognised learning difficulty,…
A forgotten item in a bag is not a plan. Rules that treat the presence of something as proof of intent fall hardest on people who cannot reliably remember what is in their pockets.
If you are arguing a case like this at a school or a workplace, say plainly that remembering to do something later is one of the areas ADHD affects…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.