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Restore Employment and Education Rights for Adults and Children with ADHD

Are you a working adult who has ADHD? Are you a student concerned about receiving appropriate accommodations at your college or university? Does your child attend a private school that does not receive federal financial assistance? 

If the answer is yes, then the Americans with Disabilities Restoration Act is crucial legislation for you to know about. The original Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990 and is the major civil rights law for people with disabilities. Since then the courts have significantly narrowed the reach of the law and made it very difficult for a person with any cognitive or mental disability to be protected. 

The ADA Restoration Act, now before Congress, will restore the original intent of the law and protect all people with disabilities. This is particularly important in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities in employment and students in private schools, colleges and universities.

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Study Highlights Misperceptions About ADHD in College Students

A recent study warns parents of college-bound students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to be prepared for difficulties when adjusting to life in higher education, suppressing the notion that symptoms of the disorder disappear in adulthood.

Buffalo State College graduate Kate Norwalk and psychology professor Jill M. Norvilitis, Ph.D., conducted research on the subject of ADHD and how it can persist in college. College students with ADHD may not anticipate their academic difficulties because of the misconception that symptoms of the disorder fade away later in life.

“College students with ADHD can be in for a rude awakening when they arrive on a college campus,” Norwalk said. “They can be blind-sided by the effects of the disorder, which can quickly lead to low self-esteem and in some cases dropping out.”

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A.D.D. Awareness Day highlights needs for those with disability

PORTLAND (Sep 22, 2006): Leonardo Da Vinci, Lewis Carroll, Salvador Dali, Winston Churchill, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin…these famous names may all have one thing in common: Attention Deficit Disorder, a condition causing difficulties resulting in distraction, inattention, impulsivity and sometimes, hyperactivity.

To promote National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Day (A.D./H.D.) – celebrated on Wednesday – the Portland-based counseling service A.D.D. with Ease is sponsoring an essay contest, “How A.D./H.D. Has Impacted My Life,” for which middle and high school students and parents in the southern Maine region are invited to write about their experiences with the disability.

“We’re always trying to work with people’s strengths,” said J.J. Stuart, a coach with A.D.D. with Ease whose child has the disability. “Some people find out that they need practical strategies, which help them through the end of the day. We hope that more people will become more aware that there is a support system out there for them. They’re not alone.”

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Judge Won't Order School To Give Girl Cheerleader Spot

A federal judge says a Little Rock Central High School student will not suffer irreparable harm if she is not a cheerleader this year and denied a request to order her reinstated to the squad, for which she failed an audition.

While U.S. District Judge James Moody did not grant an injunction, a trial will still follow on the lawsuit.

A lawyer for the family of Little Rock mayoral candidate Bill Walker said that Walker's 15-year-old daughter, who is going by a fictitious name in the case, suffers from an attention deficit disorder and that Central High failed to provide her with educational and behavioral support, in violation of federal law.

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Schools forced to focus on ADHD

By TIFFANY LANKES

Andrew is in trouble again, this time for throwing a book at a classmate.

Last time he missed the bus, and then made a wisecrack about it when he showed up late for school.

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UNDERSTANDING the SPECIAL CHALLENGES of WOMEN and GIRLS With AD/HD

With Sari Solden, MS, LMFT, author of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder, and Journey’s Through ADDulthood and Ellen Litttman, Ph.D., coauthor of Understanding Girls with AD/HD.

Saturday, December 3 – 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM at Villa Maria Education Center, Stamford CT.

Registration is required. Contact CACLD at 203-838-5010 for further information.

Schools Can't Require ADHD Drugs

The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday barring schools from requiring hyperactive children to use drug treatments as a condition for attending classes.

Backers say the bill was designed to curb anecdotal but troubling reports of officials telling parents that disruptive kids must begin drug treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in order to stay in school.

Doctors routinely rely on teachers to identify troubling behavior that can be a sign of ADHD. But some schools have overstepped their bounds and coerced parents into starting children on medication.

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Advocating for your child with ADD / ADHD

For: Parents of Children and Teens with ADD / ADHD

In this interactive Teleclass parents will learn and share tips and strategies to help advocate for their children in the public school system. This Teleclass will be led by Tara McGillicuddy who is an ADD Coach with experience working in the public school system.

Format: Teleclass

Date: Tuesday December 6, 2005

Time: 9:00 pm EST - 10:00 pm EST (New York Time)

Cost: Free

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Teachers often identify ADHD

Most parents know attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is common. The best estimate is that 5% to 8% of children are affected. Most parents also know increasing numbers of children are treated with medications for ADHD — a fact that makes many uneasy. Adding to that uneasiness: recent news that one attention drug, Strattera, is linked with increased suicidal thinking in a few children.

No wonder many parents respond to a teacher's concerns with alarm or denial. "They shoot the messenger, blame the teacher, blame the school. They think there's a conspiracy by the drug companies. They just don't want to hear it," says Edward Hallowell, a Sudbury, Mass., psychiatrist who is co-author of two popular books on ADHD.

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