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What follows are some of the ADD-related sites that I've found helpful and/or fun. These are the links that I've divided into categories. (Not all links fit into categories or necessarily get put into the appropriate category right away.) If you would like to go to the alphabetical listing (which contains all of the links except those added within the last week) click on a letter.
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Links about
Children, Parenting
and School Issues
Links
about Clutter and
Organizing . . .
One of the greater problems for many with ADD is disorganization - often manifested as clutter. The web has a wealth of information about this as well. "Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." - Henry David Thoreau
Humorous
and Entertaining ADD Links
- ADD Cartoon and Humor Links
- ADD Jokes - Will have a NEW sunburst here if joke added within last week. **
- ADD Bits and Pieces - humorous stories from the Prodigy ADD forum
- ADDictionary - Sometimes you just have to laugh. This will lead you to a place where the laughs are many. From HADD-IT
- But First . . . What happens when SO asks at the end of the day: What did you do today? **
- Cartoon
- C.H.A.O.S. - Clutter? Isn't that some group that caused problems for the man from U.N.C.L.E? **
- DesADDerota - Fill in the blanks and who knows what kind of advice you may be giving
- Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce - not diagnosed as ADD during his lifetime (they were calling it something else then)
- Fun with ADD - You know you're ADD when . . . - changed from time to time
- Great Quotes - from HADD-IT - Are they ADD? You be the judge.
- HADD-IT - Humorous ADDults Intriguing Themselves - When it's time to laugh.
- Mom's brownies . . . mixing up a batch of brownies, with a bit of an ordinary day tossed in! **
- Ode to ADD - I'm watching 56 channels . . . from A.S.K.
- The Official Website of the Chronically Confused
- That's ADD! - a short parable on the benefits and pains of being ADD - Jake **
- What do you mean, I need some organization? - Cartoon - 5/4
- You Know U're ADD When . . . - from the Prodigy ADD forum - compiled by Shelley Curtis and Ralph Meyers From HADD-IT
- You Know You've Got ADD When . . . (also from Prodigy - may be some duplication) (Part 1 of 4 on this site)
- You Know You Have ADD When . . . - this one is live - you can contribute to it! - 3/6
ADD and
the Law
(4/12/1999)
- ADA Home Page - United States Department of Justice
- ADD - Not An Excuse but a Biological Difference that Makes a Difference **
- ADHD - New Legal Responsibilities for the Schools (1994) Appalachia Educational Laboratory
- ADHD: Risk for Early Drug, Alcohol Abuse
- Aggression, "Executive Function" Linked
- Americans With Disabilities Act Document Center ADA Statute, Regulations, ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act. Accessibility Guidelines), Federally Reviewed Tech Sheets, and Other Assistance Documents
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - EEOC Fact Sheet (92) **
- Are Cognitive Problems a Risk Factor for Drug, Alcohol Abuse?
- Childhood Physical Disorders - Drug Use Linked
- Crime: A Treatable Problem?
- Denial of Eligibility Because of Gifted Intellectual Ability and/or Lack of Failure - LDA
- Department of Education Memo 9/16/91 - "Clarification of Policy to Address the Needs of Children with Attention Deficit Disorders within General and/or Special Education" - on ADDA site - see also OSER Memo of 9/17/97
- Does Crime Act As a Nervous System "Fix?"
- EDLAW Home Page
- From Police Calls to College Halls - A Mother's Story (CH.A.D.D.)
- How to Pick a Lawyer - Patricia H Latham, J.D. and Peter S. Latham J. D.- National Center for Law and Learning Disabilities
- Hyperactive Drivers at Risk
- Hyperactive Kids: Growing Up Is No Cure
- Hyperactivity, CD: Genetic Findings
- Hyperactivity Is a Significant Risk Factor for Crime and Delinquency
- Iron : Help for Conduct Disorder? - Crime Times
- Law and Attention Deficit DisORDER - ADD Medical Treatment Center of Santa Clara Valley
- Legal Rights and Services for Children with ADHD - a CH.A.D.D. publication - 3/7
- Major Federal Disability Laws - brief descriptions of laws which concern individuals with disabilities
- My official story of how my dumb cluck mom and dad and I messed up my treatment for ADHD - composite story - written from Juvenile Hall
- OJJDP - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Protection and Advocacy - a wealth of materials
- Reasonable Accommodations for people with psychiatric disabilities - a guide for employers and educators
- Seeking Hyperactivity's Genetic Roots
- The Special Ed Advocate - Peter and Pamela Wright, lawyer and social worker, have gone the distance for kids with learning disabilities - including ADD. On this site, they talk about how
- Tackling Taxes with the Messy Homemaker
- Troubled Teens: ADHD and Delinquency, LD and Pregnancy
- Why put information about ADD on a legal site? **
- Workplace Experiences - S.L. & UoAZ
- Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: Unique Challenges . . . Hopeful Responses - PACER Center, Minneapolis - Video Tape notes
Marriage
and Relationships Links
- Couples and ADD - ADDA - 3/3
- Do You Think Communication in Your Marriage Leaves Something to Be Desired? - article by Stephen Choate, MSW
- Does Your Non-ADD Spouse Really Want You to Change? - on the Mining Co.
- Friends and Family Need Support, Too! - from the Messy Homemaker
- Husbands of ADD Wives
- Husbands of "Messies" - The Messy Homemaker - 3/7
- The Impact of ADHD on the Family and the Father's Relationship with his Child - Patrick J. Kilcarr, Ph.D., Georgetown University, author of "Fatherhood and ADHD"
- Marital Issues - article by Stephen Choate, MSW
- Mom - Dad: Do You Ever Get Time Out? - article by Stephen Choate, MSW
- Non-ADD Spouses of ADDers - on the Mining Co.
- Sex, Lies and ADD - Are people with ADD more likely to have an affair than people who do not have ADD? - Bob Seay
New
- Recently Added Links
Links about
On-Line Forums
(4/1)
- AADD-FOCUSED - a maillist which tries to stay on the topic of adult ADD / ADHD - not always successfully - like most maillists, this one gives instructions on how to unsubscribe at the bottom of each message. 6/19 - More information on the ADD-FOCUSED list including posting guidelines and how to subscribe / unsubscribe. - 10/5 **
- ADD Bulletin Board - This is like an organized Chat room with time travel. It is a "threaded" bulletin board which allows conversations over time that can be joined by multiple people.
- ADD in Euorpe Home Page
- ADD Hot Links - Balance Check's Choice of ADD/ADHD sites **
- ADD News Group Links page. Also information on newsgroup.
- ADD Resources on the Web - another links page - 4/13
- Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Chat Room - requires ICQ (I seek you) software which can be downloaded for free
- alt.support.attn-deficit--the FAQ - information about ADD newsgroup from Joe Parsons **
- Christian ADD / ADHD List
- CompuServe ADD Forum - flyer - excellent forum but must be signed on to CompuServe to use it.
- DeCluttr - Website dealing with thoughts about clutter including information on the DECLUTTR mailing list. Warning - this list is very enthusiastic and generates 20 - 50 messages per day. You may want to get the Digest version. FAQ about this list. The inital messages sent to new subscribers are also available on this site.
NEWSGROUPS
- alt.recovery.clutter - Clutter / Messiness support group
- alt.support.attn-deficit - Attention-deficit disorders
- alt.support.opp-defiant - Oppositional defiant disorder
MAILING-LISTS
- Spouses/SOs of people with ADHD
- listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu - 9 Dec 1997 - TKS (Mental Health Net)
ADDKids- The List for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder. A St. John's University List.
listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu - 22 Apr 1997 - TKS (Mental Health Net)
Adults with ADHD- The purpose of this list is to allow adults with Attention Deficit Disorder and those who have to relate to adults with ADD to have a place where they can discuss any issue that is relevant. This is a 'safe space' in which to discuss personal aspects of living with ADD as an adult, helping an ADD adult we love, or serving the needs of ADD adults in a professional capacity. This includes the exchange of both information, and support. This is a high volume list with 100 to 150 postings per day.
listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu - 23 Nov 1996 - TKS (Mental Health Net)
ADDParents- Support and information sharing for parents who have children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This is a closed, unmoderated list; posting is only allowed by members of the mailing list and subscription requests must be approved by the list owner.
listserver@bdtp.com - 3 Oct 1997 - TKS (Mental Health Net)
Links about
ADD Organizations
- A.D.D.O. - Attention Deficit Disorder - Ontario Foundation - "an organization supporting people with attentional issues"
- ADD - Toronto - home page - great information including local resources and general ADD articles - 4/1
- ADDult Support of Washington (ASW) - for Adults with ADD - excellent adult support group - accepts members from Washington state and fine source of information for all of us. You may want to get a copy of their AADult Reader. I picked it up at the ADDA conference and have referred to it often.
- ADDA Site of the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association. Holds annual meetings targeted on adult ADD / ADHD.
- CH.A.D.D. - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder - the lead organization for people who fit the title (and their loved ones). Chapters all over the USA. You can find the chapter near you here. Also information from the latest issue of "Attention!" magazine and about upcoming meetings, current legislative hot points, and more. Info about Chapters in NE Wisconsin. **
- CH.A.D.D. Vancouver Chapter - 3/31
- Greater Rochester Attention Deficit Disorder Association (GRADDA)
- Green Bay, Wisconsin Area CH.A.D.D. Chapter **
- Louisiana Capital Area CH.A.D.D. - 3/7
- Oconto, Wisconsin CH.A.D.D. Chapter **
- Sunbury (Australia) ADD Support Group
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Diagnosis, Treatment and Medications (12/01)
- A.D.D. - A Dubious Diagnosis? - PBS script 4/12
- A.D.D. and Addictions - Wendy Richardson, MA, LMFCC **
- ADD - The Harvard Medical Mental Health Letter (1995) - 6/1
- ADD Coaching - Kate Kelly - "The purpose of coaching is to help you learn how to do the things you want and need to do. A coach can help you become aware of how you function, learn, use your time and make choices. Then, you and your coach work together with your unique profile of strengths and weaknesses to make them work for you as you pursue your life goals." - 5/16
- ADD Is NOT a Disease - Bob Seay on the Mining Company - 3/26
- ADD Journey - from diagnosis to living happily - Cynthia Hammer, MS **
- ADD Medications: Pharmacotherapy for ADD Adults, article by Edward Hallowell, John Ratey and Catherine Leveroni. - 3/14
- ADD Meds - Just Say "Know" Another article by Bob Seay on the Mining Company site. - dated 2/10/97
- ADD Research: A Look At Today and Tomorrow - an Interview with Russell Barkley, M.D. - 3/2
- ADD Resources - Neuro-psychiatry and SPECT Imaging - the Amen Clinic - 3/26
- Adderall for treatment of ADD - Dr. Bob - 8/21
- Adderall - Health Care Pharmacy Center - site sponsored by manufacturer - 8/21
- Adderall - newsgroup post including ingredient proportions - 8/21
- ADDERALL APPROVED!: Text file containing news flash (Jan '96) about full approval of Adderal (Obetrol) by FDA - 3/14 - link updated 3/23
- Adderall, Success with (or not) - bulletin board "thread" from the Mining Company's Bulletin Board - 3/22 **
- What's So Great About Adderall? by Corydon C. Clark, M.D. - 8/21
- Why Adderall? - ADD Clinic - 5/30
- ADDicted? Are we too eager to give our children a drug for a condition many experts don't even believe exists? Lengthy article in Education Week on the Web. - 3/7
- ADHD Outreach - commercial site on "alternative" remedies - primarily blue-green algae - for ADD - 5/30
- Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine - Dr. Daniel G. Amen has been a featured speaker at numerous ADD conferences. He has used SPECT scans to show how ADD causes some of the differences that are noted and to explain why trying harder doesn't work. Includes interactive online ADD survey.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Pharmacotherapy - the Virtual Hospital - recent review of literature on efficacy of meds.
- Attention Deficit Disorder is Not a Disease! - ADD Medical Treatment Center of Santa Clara - 3/28
- Basic Facts About ADD Medications - 4/28
- Behavior Modification / Medication - Russell Barkley's latest views
- Better Health topics on ADD - 5/13
- Biofeedback - A Controlled Study of the Effects of EEG Biofeedback on Cognition and Behavior of Children With Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities
- Biofeedback - Jason's Story - Tourette's & ADD
- The Biofeedback Network
- The Brain - A Work in Progress - LA Times: Who are we? Where did we come from? As the brain orchestrates human behavior, a symphony of electrochemical communication may constitute our very essence. 4/12
- Brain Image Mapping and Scanning with AD/HD - Dr. Christopher Green & Dr. Kit Chee - Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder (Appendix) - 3/30
- Brain Image Scanning and Mapping of ADD - from ADD-UK - 4/13
- Brain on Drugs - Your, - Brain Scans from Amen Clinic showing effects of long term drug or alcohol use on brain functioning. - 4/13
- Brain Wiring Site My que of pages and sites to add links to is about a month. I named this site my site of the day in my e-mail the day I saw it! Brain Wiring is a colloquial term for neurobiochemistry, the complex interaction among genetics, experience, and biochemistry that takes place in each of our brains. This site discusses how your personal style of brain wiring affects your life and learning. 4/12
- Child Health Fact Sheet - ADD (Victoria, Australia)
- Coaching - What is an ADD Coach? - the Mining Co. - 6/5
- Coaching FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - American Coaching Association - 5/21
- Controversial Treatments for Children With Attention Deficit Disorder - CH.A.D.D. position paper
- Diagnosis - 20 Questions: Diagnostic questions from Driven to Distraction by Hallowell and Ratey. - 6/3 (link updated)
- Directions for ADD Research - NIMH - 3/3
- DNA Research - collated by the Birkshire AD/HD research group - 3/26
- DSM IV Criteria: Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV. - 3/14
- Feingold Association Diet Plan - 3/27
- Five Stages of ADD Management - Bob Seay - 2/23
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - transcript of PBS segment dealing with new act (1996) - 6/9
- Hyperfocus - "He can't be ADD - he can sit and work at the computer for hours." - a common misconception - 3/22 **
- In Search of the Magic Bullet - Some parents give all the right meds for all the right reasons, but may not realize that medication is not the complete answer.
- Interview with Judith Rappaport, M.D. (about ADD research) - on the CH.A.D.D. site from Attention magazine - 3/27
- Iron : Help for Conduct Disorder? - Crime Times - 4/19
- Is ADD Being Over-Diagnosed? - ADDult ADDvise **
- Jasper/Goldberg Adult Screening Examination: Self test for adults who think they have ADD. - 3/14
- Just What The Doctor Ordered - Name Brand Prescriptions and HMOs - Bob Seay
- Left-Brain/Right-Brain Test (0.4Mb download) 4/12
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and ADD 4/12
- Medications - short article about classes of medications for ADD on ASK site - 5/13
- Medications and ADD without Hyperactivity - from Carla Nelson of Bouncing Brain
- Medications for ADD **
- Medications for ADHD - HealthGuide OnLine
- Medications and ADD/ADHD - Memo on site of Parent Education Project of Wisconsin, Inc. - 5/19
- A Multi-modal Approach to ADD Managment - What Medication Can and Cannot Do for People with ADD
- New Research about ADD and Treatments - sign up for free trial of newsletter (very good)
- Obetrol - See Adderall
- Questions To Ask When Selecting a Professional To Assess or Treat ADHD - Parent's Educational Resource Center - 3/6
- Report Concludes that ADD is not overdiagnosed - summary of JAMA article by Lisa Horan in CHADD's Attention Magazine - 8/11
- Report on Overdiagnosis of ADHD - American Medical Association - 9/4
- Research about Methylylphenidate (Ritalin) - 3/27
- Research Developments and Their Implications for Clinical Care of the ADHD Child by Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. - July 1996 - 4/16
- A Review of Two Studies Regarding Use of Stimulants with ADD and ADHD Adolescents - notes from the February GRADDA meeting - 6/9
- Ritalin Alternative Shows Promise With ADDults - Effexor - University Hospitals of Cleveland- 3/20 -
- The Ritalin Debate - Overused Chemical or Wonder Drug? - from ABC News
- Ritalin or Psychotherapy? - Tamara Moore
- St. John's Wort - The Health Gazette - 3/2
- Seeking Hyperactivity's Genetic Roots - 3/2
- Simplified Symptomology - Symptoms of ADD in every-day language - from the Mining Company - 3/7
- Sixty Symptoms of ADD - Glenn Danforth's compilation geared toward adults.
- Stimulant Treatement for ADHD (Australian experience)
- Stroop Color Test for ADD 4/12
- Taking the Hype Out of Hyperactivity - From Food Insight - 3/2
- Talking Back to Peter Breggin - Attention! 4/14
- Talking Back to Ritalin - Information About the Book by Peter Breggin ** - 4/14
- The Top 10 Behavioral Strategies that ADDers Need to Know - Optimal Functioning Institute - a coaching service - 3/7
- Treating a Child With Attention Deficit Disorder - CH.A.D.D. position paper
- Understanding and Coping with ADD - 13 pages on the site of Corydon Clark, M.D. - 6/2
- U.S. National Library of Medicine Free Medline
- What to Ask Your Insurance Company - Better Health - 3/2
- What's So Great About Adderall? by Corydon C. Clark, M.D. - 8/21
- Whether to Use Abusable Medications to Treat Patients with a History of Alcohol or Substance Abuse - Thoughts of a practicing physician (Paul T. Elliot, M.D.) on the use of stimulant medications for people with a history of substance abuse. His thoughts and practices agree with what research I've read.
- Why Adderall? - ADD Clinic - 5/30
- ADD in Females: From Childhood Through Adulthood - Kathleen Nadeau - 3/2
- ADDvance - An online magazine for women with Attention Deficit Disorder - Information about the on-line magazine. Looks good. Contributors include Sari Solden, Lynn Weiss, Nancy Ratey, Kate Kelley, Peggy Ramundo, Wilma Fellman, Carolyn Koehnline, Kathleen Nadeau, and Patricia Quinn. Has articles & information on support groups. Sure would like to see a sample issue, though. - information updated 4/2
- Amy's Story - How a mom slowly came to deal with her son's ADD and then her own ADD - how it affected her life and changes she has made to meet the challenges - 5/16
- The Crazy Lady Planner site.
- How Women Cope with ADD - from ABC News
- Husbands of "Messies" - The Messy Homemaker
- Interview with Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo - ADDA 1997
- Interview with Sari Solden, M.S.
- Interview with Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo - ADDA 1997
- Maternal Smoking during pregnancy linked to ADHD (and to lower IQ)
- One Hundred One Tips for Managing Your ADD - Lynn Weiss
- Interview with Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo - ADDA 1997
- Silent Running - ADD without hyperactivity is still ADD - certainly not only in women, but a frequent reason ADD is missed in women and girls (probably more than boys) - Bob Seay
- Interview with Sari Solden, M.S.
- Tara's Story - Women With ADD - They let us pass by!
- Tips for Couples Where One Spouse Has ADD - from Driven to Distraction by Hallowell & Ratey - more about book