Disability Tax Credit | ADHD Information

I don't know about any of you, but I know that I don't like to think of my ADHD son as having a disability.. It makes me feel more equipt to handle what he can dish out if I think of him like any normal 5 year old. But, his councellor recently suggested that I apply for a disability tax credit for him. I don't know how many of you are Canadian, but I was wondering if anyone else had applied for this and was approved. Thanks alot in advance!!I have heard also if your child has ADHD it is concidered a disability and you can claim on it. I havent but freinds have told me that it is there. If you do find any thing out please repost so we will all know
I have the paper work and am going to be taking them to my sons doctor on his next appointment if we qualify we qualify if we don't we don't every little bit helps .. especially on the laundry that I have to do 6 outfits just today i went threw from him wetting his pants. good luck everyone. I took the forms to my doctor and he said that he has a few ADHD patients that DO receive it. It's not ADHD that qualifies you, rather the symptoms that your specific child exhibits.

Here is the basic critera from the CRA..

1)Has your impairment in physical or mental functions lasted, or is it expected to last, for a continuous period of at least 12 months?

2)The impairment restricts you in one of the following basic activities of daily living:

speaking;
hearing;
walking;
elimination (bowel or bladder functions);
feeding;
dressing; or
performing the mental functions necessary for everyday life.

3)Do the effects of this impairment cause you to be markedly restricted in at least one of the basic activities of daily living mentioned on the previous page, all or substantially all of the time, even with therapy (other than life-sustaining therapy) and the use of appropriate devices and medication?

4)Does one of the following apply?

you are unable to perform one or more of the basic activities of daily living; or
it takes you an inordinate amount of time to perform one or more of the basic activities of daily living.

So.. when it comes to the government, these are the activities of daily living that ADHD could impair:

Mental functions necessary for everyday life include:

Memory (for example, the ability to remember simple instructions, basic personal information such as name and address, or material of importance and interest); and

Adaptive functioning (for example, abilities related to self-care, health and safety, social skills and common, simple transactions);

Problem-solving, goal-setting, and judgement, taken together (for example, the ability to solve problems, set and keep goals and make appropriate decisions and judgements.


HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:

1)Your patient is independent in some aspects of everyday living. However, despite medication and therapy, your patient needs daily support and supervision due to an inability to accurately interpret his or her environment.
2) Your patient is incapable of making a common, simple transaction without assistance, all or substantially all the time.
3) Your four-year-old patient cannot play interactively with peers or understand simple requests

Hope this helps.

Our doctors urged us to apply for disability for our daughter as well since the cost and time to take care of them can really put a strain on the funds.  I never actually did it but I've heard of lots of parents that do.  Good luck.I am in the process of checking that out ... I  read it on another adhd website and I am going to phone the child tax credit office tomorrow to see how I can get an application and what documentation it requires if you all ready know about it would you do me a favor and look me up thanks...  Please keep us posted, I would like to know as well, thanks!I get a tax credit for my kids having an iep.  I just applied for SSI for my son. I don't know much about a tax credit since he wasn't diagnosed until this year (waiting list for the developmental/behavorial pediatrician was awful!), but with all his doctor's appts it makes it hard to have a normal job, and I will take whatever assistance I can get. I am currently sitting with my grandmother, who has dementia and my mom is paying me, but it's not enough. It will take months for him to be approved for SSI and in the mean time I have given up on my credit cards and any other payment that won't cause something to be cut off. I pay the power, the rent, water, and internet. I am taking online classes and my husband does web design and such on the side so internet is a necessity for us.  I totally understand what you mean about the losing things. I cannot tell you how many times my son "lost" his coat at school this past year. One really nice one that he got for his birthday last year and only wore a handful of times he left on the bus and we never saw it again. I called the bus supervisor and she never even bothered to call me back. He had one other coat that he kept either leaving at school or losing on the playground, but thankfully it kept showing up in the lost and found. As an American, I am pretty sure we don't get this.  We were also turned down for SSI benefits as he is in school and our government likes to deny all first time applications (in my opinion) for disability benefits, even though you may have paid into the system you whole life.  It seemed as though their reasoning for us was that I made more than allowed to, so not sure if we would have been approved if I were say, unemployed. Not sure how someone is supposed to pay bills and be unemployed at the same time. 
However, since we do have to buy more than one of (fill in the blank here) due to him not having the mental capacity to recall that he needs to bring important stuff with him, it would be nice to have some financial help to do so.  I would like to say good job to Canada for recognizing needs and acting, unlike the USA who waits until disaster strikes, and then kinda reacts.