The 'one-stop shop' for anything relating to Adult ADHD in the UK.
Our Government petition for better NHS funding for the diagnosis and treatment of adults with ADHD closed on 6th December 2009 with 1,853 signatures (paper & e-petition combined). AADD-UK would like to thank everybody who signed and helped promote this petition.
A document containing supporting evidence for the petition has also been sent to 10 Downing Street. If you would like a copy of this evidence, please click here (pdf).
We have received this letter (please click) from the Department of Health and have sent an e:Mail to journalists and the 3 party leaders with these questions: (please click)
If you can't find what you are looking for on our site, or need further help and advice, please visit the forum.
Who are we?
We are working to raise the profile of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Adults.
We are a small group of adults who have come together to campaign for better recognition of Adult ADHD. We are individuals who have either obtained a diagnosis, or in the process of assessment, or have adult children who have been diagnosed.
If you have ever wondered
what it's like to have Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD), take a quick look at this
video, it may help.
The name of the woes: Over the years the medical term for the disorder has changed a lot (ADD, AD(H)D, AD/HD and more). It has sometimes included attention deficiency or hyperactivity or both, but has subtypes.
The writers of this site have used various terms interchangeably to mean the same thing. Please don't feel left out, after all, a disorder with any other name would er, be just as disorderly (look we haven't the budget for a proper writer!).
For those of us who need reminding of the time!!
Our prime focus is to support individuals through the barriers which are often encountered, from within the NHS, when trying to obtain an assessment from some one who has the expertise and experience to diagnose Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Adult ADHD).
