You might see if CHADD has a chapter near you.
vickie39236.8027083333Thanks for the suggestion. CHADD isn't really dedicated to awareness specifically, at least that is my understanding from having read their website. I'll take another look, but it is my understanding that the are about advocacy, education and support, which is different than my interest. I'm more interested in helping people identify it so that they can get treatment. My interest comes from the fact that I, like many others, found out they had ADHD after 41 years after my son was diagnosed in the 1st grade. We really lucked out that our son's first grade teacher happened to have a special ed credential, but her info about ADHD was about 15 years out of date. My wife is a teacher also and has become her school's resident expert on the subject, and some of the teacher's attitudes about the "bad students" is pretty appalling. If these teachers knew these kids had an actual disability, they might be more compassionate and those kids might get help. As you probably know, there is a ton of disinformation about ADHD and I, for one, would like to see that changed.CHADD established the NRC to help people with ADHD get accurate and timely information and to raise public awarness:
expanding their knowledge and understanding of issues related to AD/HD, such as access to and quality of health care, treatment and interventions, education, parenting, life management skills, relationships, workplace challenges, co-occurring conditions, gender issues, and the legal system; and raising public awareness about AD/HD through outreach and the dissemination of information.