Written by Cynthia Hammer, MSW
My final gripe (maybe) is the definition of ADHD which says we have a delayed neurodevelopmental condition. Delayed means late or slow in coming. It implies that we will eventually catch up with neurotypicals sometime in the future, but that is not true. We will never catch up. What we learn to do is manage our chronic neurodevelopment disorder as best we can.
Cynthia Hammer, MSW, was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD in 1992 when she was 49 years old. The following year she created the non-profit organization, ADD Resources, with a mission to educate adults and helping professionals about ADHD in adults. She ran the organization for 15 years before retiring.
During the Covid isolation she wrote a book about her life with inattentive ADHD which should be published by the end of this year. In writing the book, she was dismayed to learn that children with inattentive ADHD continue to be under-diagnosed and adults with inattentive ADHD often are incorrectly diagnosed with depression or anxiety.
She created a new non-profit in 2021, the Inattentive ADHD Coalition (www.iadhd.org), to create more awareness about inattentive ADHD and the need for early diagnosis and treatment.
