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We may feel like some of the most unlucky, most victimized people on the planet if we have ADHD (Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder), also known as ADD or adult ADD. But we might also appreciate that we are some of the most spoiled people in history thanks to the internet with its abundance of sources for information on ADHD. And thanks to the brilliant, experienced, and qualified specialists who provide books, magazines, video and audio information on ADHD.

But maybe you have yet to experience the books, magazines (yes, whole magazines are devoted to Attention Deficit Disorder), articles, and other media sources giving up-to-date and exceptionally helpful information on ADHD, ADD, and the companion maladies (such as depression, manic episodes, and illnesses related to or brought on as a fallout of our having this complex disorder).

So here are a few places for you to look, sources for you to consult, or communities for you to join:

ADDitude Magazine - I found copies of this in my colleagues office, where, as a differential skills therapist she worked with many students with ADHD. The magazine is so real-world coping, so progressive and proactive, I subscribed to it after reading the first two or three articles.

Any books by Thom Hartmann—Dr. Hartman, an ADD specialist, has clinical, casual, and readable materials. He also writes of a theory he has about ADDers, saying we are the hunters in a hunter-gatherer society—where secretaries, assistants, accountants, and agents, for instance, are our gatherers to our creative, out there, dynamic go-go-go personalities…. That book is titled ADHD Secrets of Success, though his other books and articles are equally fascinating and supportive.

You Mean I’m Not Crazy, Stupid, or Lazy? Will, if you have never read any information on ADHD yet, change your life. It was the first book I grabbed after a student with whom I worked and a friend recommended it to me. It is written by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo, and is thorough, candid, and most informative. Also good to know, maybe, is that publishers rejected this book many times, so the authors humped it to bookstores until it finally got taken (by a VERY wise publisher). It is one of the best-selling books on ADHD, and when you read it, you will know why, and you will agree.

Other supportive and ADHD-proactive authors include Sari Solden and Michelle Novotni, who both tout and praise the creative side of ADDers, when many have written us off as having merely behavioral problems. Au contraire, say Novotni and Solden: we are some of the most creative people one could ever hope to meet.

And here are some urls for sites and specialists with whom I have limited experience but whom and which I have studied intensely:

ADHD WEBSITES and SPECIALISTS

ADD Consults-- http://www.addconsults.com/

All Kinds of Minds--allkindsofminds.org

Disabled Peoples International—dpi.org

Disability Information + Resources-- http://www.makoa.org/index.htm

Information Center on Disabilities and Gifted Children -- http://ericec.org/digests/e560.html

Learning Disabilities Resources-- http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Disability/LD/ld_resources.html

National Arts and Disability Center-- http://nadc.ucla.edu/

PSPIZ—Artists with Disabilities-- http://www.pspiz.net/

Breath & Shadow, ROSC's Journal of Literature and Disability Culture-- http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/

So we can quit bellyaching any time now, for not only are we gifted, I think, with the unusual talents and skills that come with being an ADDer, but we are gifted with technology, sources, and resources for information on ADHD that not many before us (say, 20 years ago) knew about or had access to.

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