I am pleased to share a message from public policy specialist Cindy Smith on CHADD's efforts to promote employment for adults with ADHD. My 19-year-old son is in a post-high school program. He is struggling with getting to class and obligations on time, bringing all the materials necessary to learn and participate, and effectively organizing his... Read more
The health care reform legislation now separately approved by the House and Senate contains a new mechanism - health exchanges - for persons not working for large employers and not on Medicaid, Medicare, or other public programs to purchase health insurance. Working adults with ADHD with modest incomes who not employed by large employers will look... Read more
The House and Senate have each passed health care reform legislation. What is the status of CHADD's 13 principles? On August 13, CHADD issued 13 principles to consider in health care reform. On October 15, CHADD and five national sister organizations (AACAP, ASA, CABF, MHA, and NAMI) issued five principles to consider. The five are a merged... Read more
On December 8, the new Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, MD, told the National Health Council, which includes CHADD, that the FDA will be tracking and responding to a "life cycle" approach to medication treatment. Rather than approve medications for sale on the market after approved clinical trials and waiting for... Read more
Thousands of American families, including my own, have invested thousands of dollars in a promising intervention for AD/HD-neurofeedback. No health insurance plan in America pays for neurofeedback for the treatment of AD/HD as the evidence-based science is not yet there. CHADD's professional advisory board has published What We Know statements on... Read more
