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Author: Cynthia Hammer

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Is ADHD A Disability Or A Difference?
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Is ADHD a Disability or a Difference?

  • May 25, 2023
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW weighs whether ADHD should be considered a difference or a disability.
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ADHD And Friendships
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ADHD and Friendships

  • April 1, 2023
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW highlights challenges people with ADHD can have with friendships, and offers tools to help.
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How Reading Helped Me Recover From My Diagnosis Of Inattentive ADHD
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How Reading Helped Me Recover From My Diagnosis of Inattentive ADHD

  • January 18, 2023
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares three books that eased her feelings of devastation following her inattentive ADHD diagnosis.
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Navigating Shadow Syndromes: The Role Of Clinical Judgement In ADHD Diagnoses
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Navigating Shadow Syndromes: The Role of Clinical Judgement in ADHD Diagnoses

  • December 26, 2022
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses the issue of doctors mistaking other conditions for ADHD, and what to do if it happens.
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Where Are My ADHD Gifts?
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Where Are My ADHD Gifts?

  • August 25, 2022
  • Cynthia Hammer
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares her take on the gifts and challenges of inattentive ADHD.
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The Boring Back & Forth Of Social Interactions: Advice From People With ADHD
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The Boring Back & Forth of Social Interactions: Advice from People with ADHD

  • June 24, 2022
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares different perspectives on how people with ADHD can deal with challenges related to social interactions.
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Overlooking Children With Inattentive ADHD Has To Stop
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Overlooking Children with Inattentive ADHD Has To Stop

  • April 23, 2022
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses a new tool teachers can use to prevent children with Inattentive ADHD from being overlooked.
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ADHD Has A Terrible Name
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ADHD Has a Terrible Name

  • March 30, 2022
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW explores the trouble accurately naming the diagnosis known as ADHD.
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What I Learned From Interviewing 24 Men With Inattentive ADHD
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What I Learned from Interviewing 24 Men with Inattentive ADHD

  • February 3, 2022
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Cynthia Hammer, MSW, Executive Director of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition, shares what she learned from polling men with the condition.
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Online ADHD Directories: Proceed With Caution
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Online ADHD Directories: Proceed with Caution

  • January 9, 2022
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses the problems present in many online directories for ADHD.
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Adult ADHD & Uninformed Clinicians: Enough Already!
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Adult ADHD & Uninformed Clinicians: Enough Already!

  • December 5, 2021
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses the challenges of finding clinicians informed about ADHD.
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Myths About ADHD Can Contribute To Our Early Deaths
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Myths About ADHD Can Contribute To Our Early Deaths

  • October 29, 2021
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares 7 common myths that can effect the lives of people with ADHD.
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My Life With Inattentive ADHD
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My Life with Inattentive ADHD

  • September 29, 2021
  • Cynthia Hammer
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity
Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares how receiving a diagnosis of Inattentive ADHD inspired her mission to raise awareness of the under-diagnosed condition.
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