Dealing with Stigma
Many parents or adults with ADHD worry that sharing information
about the disorder will have negative consequences. Will a child be
labeled in the school system and expectations changed? Will an
employer begin to judge an employee differently if she admits to having
ADHD? What will members of the extended family think? friends?
coworkers? teammates?
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These issues have to be addressed directly and considered carefully. Too
often both children and adults with ADHD are missing crucial supports
because there is fear about sharing this information. We need to
develop and give our children the skills to deal with misguided comments
and judgments.
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For Children and Teens
ADHD and
Teens: Information for Teens - What does being a teen with
ADHD really mean? The NRC's What We Know Sheet #20A (WWK20A) is
written specifically for teenagers.
ADHD and
Teens: Information for Parents - The NRC's What We Know Sheet
#20B (WWK20B) is written specifically for parents of adolescents.
Parenting a Child
with ADHD - The NRC's What We Know Sheet #2 (WWK2) addresses
how parents can help create home and school environments that improve
your child's chances for success.
Disclosure in Educational Settings - Although
children with ADHD may certainly improve over time, parents must keep in
mind that the disorder is chronic and that the symptoms and associated
impairments are unlikely to be remedied from one school year to the
next.
Disclosure Can Be an Opportunity - If only the people around us knew
that he has ADHD. And if only they understood the complexity of living
with ADHD and the challenges we face because of
it. How many times have you had these thoughts?
Getting Beyond Labels: Project Eye to Eye - For some children who
struggle with learning disabilities or ADHD, it’s not their learning or
attention problems that represent their greatest source of emotional
distress. It’s the label.
Cultural Perspectives on Disclosure - Though stereotypes and stigmas have lessened greatly in
the twenty years since CHADD was established, some still persist, based
often on misinformation and an absence of education about the
disorder.
Respect What is Yours - Secrecy implies something shameful and is based on
the notion that harm will come to you if you tell, while privacy is
respecting what is genuinely yours.
Increasing Awareness and Decreasing Stigma of
ADHD - The transcript of an Ask the Expert chat with
CHADD's immediate past president, Marie S. Paxson, on dealing with
myths, misconceptions, and judgmental remarks.
African-American Children with ADHD: Overcoming Stigmas
and Barriers - The transcript of an Ask the Expert chat
with Janice L. Cooper, PhD, director of the National Center for
Children in Poverty and professor of public health at Columbia
University.
For Adults
To Tell or Not to Tell - Should you tell family,
friends, coworkers, or bosses about having ADHD?
Identifying Treatments, Addressing Stigma - An
interview with Steve Hinshaw, PhD, on stigma.
Juror Questionnaires, ADHD, and the Right to
Privacy - If you're called to jury duty, do you have to
answer questions about your medical information? What about your
right to privacy?
Respect What is Yours - Secrecy implies
something shameful and is based on the notion that harm will come to you
if you tell, while privacy is respecting what is genuinely yours.
Increasing Awareness and Decreasing Stigma of
ADHD - The transcript of an Ask the Expert chat with
CHADD's immediate past president, Marie S. Paxson, on dealing with
myths, misconceptions, and judgmental remarks.
Cultural Perspectives on Disclosure - Though
stereotypes and stigmas have lessened greatly in the twenty years since
CHADD was established, some still persist, based often on misinformation
and an absence of education about the disorder.
