Halloween & Global ADD-Awareness MONTH in October

Let’s Kick ADD Awareness
into HIGH Gear
by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CMC, SCAC, MCC
Another of the What Kind of World do YOU Want? Series
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Unwrap the Facts: ADD/HD Can Affect ANYONE – ANY age

The theme of this year’s ADDvocacy efforts is “The Many Faces of ADHD.”

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As Canadian ADD Coach and ADDvocate Pete Quilly reminds everyone:

• Many people promote ignorance and stigma about ADHD
  To see how pervasive this IS, CLICK HERE for my beef with Sir Ken Robinson

and if THATdoesn’t break your heart,
Click HERE for Heartbreaking New York Times article

• A lie repeated often enough and not refuted often USUALLY gets believed
  (CLICK HERE to see how EVEN doctors fall victim to these false beliefs)

• There are many problems with ADD/ADHD but also many advantages of ADD/ADHD if properly managed (which REQUIRES understanding it properly, IMHO.)

THAT’s why raising awareness of ADD/ADHD is so important!!!
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ADD Awareness MONTH?!

In 2013, the “official” (and long-standing)
ADD-ADHD Awareness Week is
Sunday, October 13th thru Saturday, October 19th.

Canadian ADHD Awareness Week is October 14th to 20th 2013.

• But when have ADDers ever limited themselves to
  “inside the box” actions and activities?

• We’re taking the whole MONTH!

Remember – links on this site are dark grey to reduce distraction potential
while you’re reading. They turn red on mouseover.

ADDvocates are gearing up

As the month of October draws closer, you will see more and more about special activities available — some for free and some for a fee — ALL designed and promoted to increase ADD Awareness and deliver accurate, up-to-date ADD information World-Wide.

I’ll let you know about as many of the free ones as I have time to investigate and post right here on the bottom of THIS article – so bookmark this post and check back throughout the month.

If YOU are sponsoring a free event, let me know in the comments section so I can help you get the word out (keep it to one link per comment so you don’t get auto-spammed, btw)

CADDAC, The Center for ADHD Awareness will be soon be putting out more info about their activities for ADHD Awareness Week.

AND SO WILL I!

What Can YOU Do?

Here are some ideas from adhdawarenessmonth.org:

• Hold a webinar or teleclass
• Present at a local community meeting such as a Rotary Club, Parent Teacher Organization, Mental Health Support group, or Faith-based group.
• Contact organizations in your community to recognize and hold ADHD Awareness Week activities.
• Write to legislators to inform them of the week and ask for their participation in your events.
• Contact a State Legislator to have your State declare ADHD Awareness week. (Google: ”yourstatename legislature”).
• Print the poster available HERE and post it throughout your community.
• Arrange for a local library or community center display on ADHD.
• Print up fact sheets about ADHD and leave copies with libraries, pharmacies, and your local media (newspapers, and radio and TV stations).

The EASIEST way to help is to

• SHARE ADD sites and ADD awareness articles (this one and others) with your friends on LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter – and all of the OTHER places you have an online presence.

• Reblog, tweet and retweet, link YOUR articles to others around the web – do whatever YOU can to help ADD Awareness go VIRAL!

Keep it UP

Don’t limit your actions to the month of October. Keep spreading the word, liking, linking, and holding activities throughout the the rest of the year (and the rest of your LIFE!)

The [quality of] life you save will definitely be SOMEBODY’s loved one!

“It takes a village to transform a world!”

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Get it here while it’s still free for the taking.

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Related articles right here on ADDandSoMuchMore.com
(in case you missed them above or don’t see them below)

• Brain-based Coaching with Madelyn Griffith-Haynie

• Finishing What You Start
• What’s my Beef with Sir Ken Robinson?
• Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid: HEARTBREAKING New York Times article
• Evergreen sites
• Come-from

More to explore

• Sis Boom Bah!
• ABOUT The ADD/HD All-Expert Consensus Statement
• Lessons from the TBI Community
• Gathering the Tribe: TBI-2  (a few TBI Specifics — Overlaps with ADD)
• Processing Slower or More to Think About? (with a link to BrokenBrilliant’s article)
• ABOUT Values & The Goose Story (explains the meaning of “flying point” in a very touching way)

Related Content ’round the ‘net

• ADD Awareness Month Website
• ADHD Fact and Fiction (Dr. Charles Parker’s corepsych.com)
• From the Horse’s Mouths – what people are saying about their OWN ADD
• Pete Quilly on ADD Awareness – Want To Help Change Some Minds?
• ADD Awareness Week with ADDitude Magizine
• 7 Facts You Need to Know About ADHD (lifeinahouseoftestosterone.com)
• ADHD Awareness Month (lindawswanson.wordpress.com)
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)| Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (weareattentiondeficit.wordpress.com)
• ADD vs ADHD – Is There a Difference? (messymarissa.wordpress.com)
• ADD/ADHD – Something we have or something we are? (coffeencaramel.wordpress.com)
• NFL, other leagues deal with players’ use of amphetamine Adderall (denverpost.com)

BY THE WAY: Since ADDandSoMuchMore.com is an Evergreen site, I revisit all my content periodically to update links — when you link back, like, follow or comment, you STAY on the page. When you do not, you run a high risk of getting replaced by a site with a more generous come-from.