National ADHD Awareness DaySenate Resolution (S.R. 649) has been passed making September 18, 2008 National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness Day. Click here to view the Resolution. AD/HD Awareness Week: September 14-20, 2009 ADDA Awareness Day Toolkit For the sixth year in a row, ADDA is leading the nation in recognizing National AD/HD Awareness Day, which will be celebrated this year on September 16th. ADDA has also expanded its Awareness campaign into a yearlong effort, with a series of regional conferences and teleclasses taking place during the rest of the year.
We have prepared a toolkit so you can assist ADDA in its AD/HD awareness efforts. Read below to find out how you can join our awareness campaign by organizing an awareness event in your community, writing your local legislators or encouraging local media outlets to cover this important health issue. The possibilities are endless!
Join ADDA as we raise AD/HD awareness and empower AD/HD individuals to live full and successful lives! How Do I Promote AD/HD Awareness? Send Out Letters ADHD Book List for Library - The Short List
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Awareness Day Quotes"AD/HD makes simple tasks like returning phone calls or emails and paying bills more difficult for me... but ADD is not all negative. It's part of me and I'm proud of who I am. There are always things I need to improve, but the energy and charisma that are also part of having ADD make me who I am and have helped me in my sport." "Through education you gain an under-standing of what you have been struggling with all your life. You begin to develop a new sense of self respect and pride which allows you to stop hiding and make choices that allow you to live increasingly in your areas of strength. You begin to develop a new concept of yourself as a strong and whole individual with differences." "Everyone who has ADD can sculpt a fulfilling, joyful life out of what they've been born with... A comprehensive treatment plan, one that takes into account many and varied interventions, is the best treatment plan. Over time, it can help a person of any age who has ADD find a new life." "Learning about this strength, my limitation, my disorder, (ADD) forced a decision-making process that changed my life--resulting in both personal and business success." |
