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ADHD Awareness Month
Come celebrate with us ‘any time of the year’ is ADHD Awareness. Below you can also find some some ideas to get involved with raising awareness! ADHD Awareness Month’s goal is to provide reliable information and resources to help people move forward with ADHD. Although the month of October is designated as ADHD Awareness Month, learning and sharing information about ADHD is beneficial all year long! In keeping with our 2023 theme, Moving Forward with ADHD, we encourage the ADHD community to help all people move forward by continuing to share information, understanding, and support.
Stigma & Discrimination Across Europe
ADHD Europe was formed in 2009 and founded by several European patient organisations across Europe. Today, our members help people living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and promote public awareness and generating advocacy throughout their European countries with/without their national Health Ministries for accessible health services and treatment.
People living with ADHD can most probably tell you how many times they have had to explain that ‘ADHD is Real’ and what it is like to live with ADHD. We have created this useful page so that you can refer people to information about ADHD in the hope that it can help reduce the amount of stigma & discrimination by providing scientific evidenced-based information. It can be hard for some people to believe that mental health conditions such as ADHD actually does do exist.
People with ADHD want to be better understood – to change things for the better especially with misinfomation about ADHD which can be very stigmatizing. Worldwide Patient support organisations celebrate ‘ADHD Awareness Month’ every year. Many support organisations across Europe started off with parents with self-awareness and talking with people in society about what it is like living with ADHD.
”While we have learned a lot and are still learning, there’s so much more we can do to combat stigma surrounding ADHD in society”
ADHD Europe Awareness and Advocacy Committee
Stigma & Discrimation
October is ADHD Awareness Month
How to Get Involved?
The main objective is to increase public awareness and promote advocacy. Here are some ideas to get involved
- Find a support organisation in your country to get more involved as a volunteer
- Talk about ADHD everywhere (local schools, colleges, universities, workplace, social gatherings)
- Create posters (drawings, infographics) – share them on social media, or they could be mounted in medical colleges, universities, hospitals, public places etc.
- Arrange press conference, media briefing sessions etc. involving local media (Newspaper, magazine articles)
- Host Seminars, conferences, public awareness sessions
- Follow ADHD Europe on Social Media and share you ideas!
Child, Teenager and Adult
- Busting Myths with Facts
- Books recommendations for all
- Common Questions and Answers about ADHD
- Articles and Videos by International Experts Sharing their Knowledge as an ADHD Professional
- ADHD Europe Official Declarations (In the Workplace, Girls & Women, Help! My Teenager is Becoming an Adult)
Diagnosis & Treatment of ADHD
Here you will find the following information about Diagnosis / Treatment ‘Across the Lifespan’
- Sharing Best Practices and Sharing experiences
- ADHD Europe survey about the situation with regards to Access to Diagnosis & Treatment in Europe.
- Articles & Videos produced by by International Experts about ‘Common Questions and Answers’ and ‘Busting Myths with Facts’ for all people living with ADHD
Broadcasting ADHD Europe
This Youtube channel was launched in 2020 with various categories of
Research News - Psychiatrists and Psychologists giving advice to people with ADHD Women, Autism, @Work, Sex, Sleep, Kids
- ADHD Europe members sharing ‘Best Practices’ and ‘Experiences’ from their EU country.
- Lobby & Visions & Insights & Courses Actions to take for our Future.
Sharing Experiences & Awareness
This Youtube channel was launched in October 2022. ADHD Europe members and the ADHD Women Project team are currently contributing to this channel to raise awareness. It is our hope, that together we can raise awareness and combat stigma and discrimination. We also believe in gender equality for both men and women.
ADHD Living Library
Let’s get Cooking for your Brain!
The Eat2beNICE Research Consortium (Grant nr 72801) has made an online cookbook with healthy recipes that are good for your brain. Easy-to-follow recipes and videos to watch while preparing your breakfast, lunch or dinner. Including tips & tricks from people with ADHD. Click this link to access the cookbook. Download the card to share on social media or you can download the full card to make prints to share!
Research
At ADHD Europe, we contribute our knowledge of lived experiences of people living with ADHD, by attending various ADHD research consortia meetings research in collaboration with our supportive partners, scientists, academics and research consortia.
Organisational Members Across Europe
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Cyprus
ADD-ADHD Cyprus
Telephone: +357-99651995
Email: info@add-adhd.org.cy
Website: https://add-adhd.org.cy
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Tallin, Estonia
Eesti ATH Liit “ADHD Estonia”
Email: info@athliit.ee
Website: www.athliit.ee
Location: Tallin, Estonia
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Greece, Athens
ADHD Hellas
Email: info@adhdhellas.org / adhdhellas@outlook.com.
Website: www.adhdhellas.org
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Hungary, Cegléd
ADHD Public Benefit Non Profit National Association
Email: ahajdu2002@yahoo.de
Website: www.alterkozpont.hu
Location: Szolnok, Hungary
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Italy, Rignano Flaminio
A.I.F.A. Onlus – Associazione Italiana Famiglie ADHD
Email:vicepresidenza@associazioneaifa.it
Website: www.aifaonlus.it
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Netherlands, Nijkerk
Impuls & Woortblind
Email: julie.houben@impulsenwoortblind.nl or robpereiraR@gmail.com
Website: www.impulsenwoortblind.nl
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Slovenia, Novo Mesto
Rainbow Warriors (Mavrični Bojevniki)
Email: info@mavricnibojevniki.org
Website: www.mavricnibojevniki.org
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Spain, Barcelonia
Fundacion Adana
Email: info@fundacionadana.org / irubio@fundacionadana.org
Website: www.fundacionadana.org
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Spain
Federico Española de Asociaciones de Ayuda al Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (FEAADAH)
Email: directiva@feaadah.org
Website: www.feaadah.org/es/
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Switzerland, Lausanne
ASPEDAH
Email: aspedah@aspedah.ch
Website: https://www.aspedah.ch
Phone: +41 (0)31 352 00 15
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United Kingdom, London
ADDISS – ADHD Information Services
Email: info@addiss.co.uk
Website: http://addiss.co.uk
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United Kingdom, Scotland
Dundee & Angus ADHD Support Group
Email: ac@adhddasupport.org
Website: www.adhddasupport.org
Our Organisational Members
Our member organisations are drawn from over 25 nations across the European continent.
European Events by Patient Organisations
October is ADHD Awareness Month, and this webpage celebrates activities by our member organisations who celebrate with the whole month by raising awareness in their respective countries
International Events
ADHD Europe represent the voices of people living with ADHD at various events. These events are either held in Brussels Parliament, or online, or at international conventions with researchers, or experts in the field of ADHD.
Our Website
Launched in 2023 on our website, an ongoing project to add ‘All you need to Know’ in various languages with contributions from our members.
- Alles was du wissen musst
- Alles wat u moet weten
- Minden, amit tudnod kell
- Tutto quello che devi sapere
- Wszystko co musisz wiedzieć
Our Brochure
Support our efforts by printing or sharing our brochure which has a QR code giving all the latest information.
Become a member?
ADHD Europe is dedicated to advancing the rights of patients on every level within Europe, and as such, welcomes anyone who wish to become members.
ADHD Europe cannot provide individual support to our members and if you are in need of this support, we strongly suggest that before applying to be a member that you consult or apply for membership with an organisation near you. You can find a member organisation in your country here.
Donate
Your donation will be much appreciated and will be used for our communication outeach dissemination programmes
– Broadcasting ADHD Europe
– ADHD Advocacy
– ADHD Women Project
– Awareness Activities
