When executive functions fail, people have difficulty with:
Self-awareness
Inhibition
Non-verbal working memory
Verbal working memory
Emotional self-regulation
Self-motivation
It makes it more difficult to
1. Self-monitor your behavior
2. Self-inhibit (impulsiveness)
3. Shift your attention between tasks
4. Rely on working memory
5. Plan,organize and prioritize
6. Initiate actions
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.
