I thought being left-handed in a right-handed dominated world was the perfect metaphor for being ADHD in a majority non-ADHD world. I wanted to demonstrate how, over time, the world accepted and accommodated left-handed people.

Getting an ADHD diagnosis can be a life-altering event, especially if it is an adult diagnosis. You have learned something new about yourself and how your brain is wired. Things are the same as they have always been, but now, you have a name for your struggles and unique traits. While it is a good thing to have answers, it can be hard to handle. 

Living with ADHD can impact a person’s mental health to the extent that they develop additional disorders alongside their ADHD. Often, co-occurring mental health disorders have a more debilitating impact on the person’s well-being than ADHD symptoms.

Neurodiversity means everyone's minds and variability we have in our brain connections.

Our brains change throughout our lives and can be impacted and change with the environment we are in (now and in the past).

Since it is unrealistic to expect the world will change to accommodate a person's lack of social skills, the wise choice is to make an extra effort to learn to do things that come naturally to others.

One often-quoted expression is "New year, new me." I've never liked that expression. The reason I don't like it is simple. There is nothing magical about the calendar changing that changes you.

What if you started off the New Year with a serene home?

What makes a person likable?

According to this Harvard study, the secret to being likable and improving interpersonal bonding isn’t being polite, helpful, or having a good sense of humor. It’s asking more questions.

For years I used unintentional intermittent fasting as part of my diagnostic screening for ADHD.

Habits, instead of tying you down to boring routines, actually set you free.

Are you grappling with focus, organization, or procrastination issues? Is the daily grind feeling overwhelming due to Adult ADHD? Juggling work, family, and personal life can be daunting, but it doesn't have to be. This article offers five strategies to help you thrive despite the challenges of ADHD.

Living with adult ADHD can be tough, and one often ignored part of it is shame. Shame makes you feel bad about yourself and stops you from doing your best. But you can beat shame and live a good life with ADHD. Here are seven ways to do it.

Some adults with ADHD have trouble paying close attention to small details, affecting their success in life and work. This article shares ways to get better at noticing details which is important because taking medication does not solve all the problems related to ADHD.

Do you have great ideas and know what to do but need help to start? Many adults with ADHD have this problem because they struggle with focusing, paying attention for a long time, getting easily distracted, making decisions, planning, and finishing tasks.

We particularly seek someone with a medical background, someone who is social media savvy, and someone knowledgeable about elementary education. More info and application here: www.iadhd.org/join-our-board

Why We Get Bored

*Small talk can be profoundly boring. The older you get, the more this is true. Truly, it is hard to find people who "match" in terms of what they find stimulating.

*Yesterday I talked with a friend who also has ADHD about how typical conversations go. One person says his whole monologue and then the other person says her whole monologue. The monologue-ing gets so boring it is hard for us to stay engaged.

They may have thought they were offering words of comfort, but it was not comforting. Instead, it felt like they were diminishing the significance of my ADHD.

Inside I was annoyed and hurt by their words, but without knowing how to respond, I said nothing.

Imagine having a toddler in the room with you. The room is constantly messy. You cannot keep it tidy because the toddler keeps messing it up. You occasionally tidy the room, but when you turn your back, it is a mess again. You get overwhelmed with the chaos and cannot control feeling discouraged. It is a never-ending battle to keep my room tidy.

Roger: I have trouble organizing, prioritizing, managing time, switching from one activity/state to another, and directing my attention. I am messy and forgetful. I am easily overwhelmed, always run late, do one thing obsessively until it is nearly perfect, drift off when my mind should be focused on one thing, and have trouble working without explicit instructions.

What Is the Difference Between 8:55 a.m. and 9:05 a.m.?

Any child knows the simple answer is 10 minutes, but I’m asking for a more complex answer to a more complex question: What’s the difference between being 5 minutes early and five minutes late?  What is the difference between arriving to a staff meeting at 8:55 a.m. instead of 9:05 a.m.?