Experts are working hard to explore the ties between ADHD and sleep. Life can feel like a cycle of sleep deficit and fatigue for people with ADHD, who often find it difficult to fall or stay asleep. When tired, your …
What can you do when your ADHD and motivation are at odds? Sometimes a daily planner isn’t enough to get you started on certain tasks, no matter how important they are! Because the ADHD brain processes information differently, motivation strategies …
Motivation! Activation! What shiny, alluring words these are to a person diagnosed with ADHD! Yet they can provoke anxiety. Try as we might, we who share this diagnosis often feel very little control over whatever mysterious process enables us to …
Many adults with ADHD struggle with organization. For most, knowing what needs to be done isn’t the problem – it’s consistently doing it. This is why working with a professional organizer who has specialized training in working with adults with …
How do you go from a fun activity to studying? What transition strategies are you using to switch from studying one subject on to the next? In order to make these moves, many people have what we call transition rituals, …
If you’ve ever left your research project in the library, searched unsuccessfully for your English essay, or blanked out during a biology test – the right memory strategies can turn that all around! Here are our top 12 strategies to …
Individuals with special learning needs are guaranteed special supports in elementary and high school by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. However, in college, the protections are somewhat different. Two federal laws guarantee …
I don’t know about you, but I get a little bit annoyed to see reminders of the back to school rush and fall holidays too early in the summer. The last thing I want to see in August is an …
By Alan Brown In the last issue of the ADDA eNews, I described a benefit of working in a corporate or group environment; the inherent structure that provides an external scaffolding. ADHDers often lack a strong internal sense of structure. …
By Alan Brown We’ve all heard that entrepreneurs are more likely than those in traditional fields to have ADHD or similar traits. Several of the most famous entrepreneurs around have said that their ADHD or LD was in some way …