Month: October 2023

ADHD Awareness month October 2023 – how was it for you?

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Journalist Emma Mahony and Broadcaster Clare Catford look back at the close of October ADHD awareness month and talk about how to have a “Medication Vacation” following yesterday’s piece in the Sunday Times – detailing how roughly 200,000 patients are experiencing a shortage in their ADHD medication supply, which could last till Christmas. GPs have been told not to start new patients on any medication during the shortage. How can you get extra support at work being “out” about your ADHD?

What it is like to teach an ADHDer

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Commissioned by the Teaching website Teachit to write this piece on supporting students with ADHD in a mainstream classroom, I couldn’t resist offering a mini-glimpse of the challenges for the average teacher (let alone a neurodiverse one). The result is this short piece that was published in April 2023 but has been retweeted and reposted throughout ADHD Awareness month this October to remind educators that there is always another way. Not necessarily better, but another.