Author: Cynthia Hammer

Cynthia Hammer is the Executive Director of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition - www.iadhd.org.

She earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work in 1972. For many years she was a stay-at-home mom raising three sons while her husband spent long days at work as a general surgeon. She started a non-profit organization in 1993 to help adults with ADHD, and she recently started a different non-profit, the Inattentive ADHd Coalition to create more awareness of Inattentive ADHD. Visit it here: www.iadhd.org

The Boring Back & Forth of Social Interactions: Advice from People with ADHD

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares different perspectives on how people with ADHD can deal with challenges related to social interactions.

Overlooking Children with Inattentive ADHD Has To Stop

Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses a new tool teachers can use to prevent children with Inattentive ADHD from being overlooked.

Navigating Shadow Syndromes: The Role of Clinical Judgement in ADHD Diagnoses

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses the issue of doctors mistaking other conditions for ADHD, and what to do if it happens.

ADHD and Friendships

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW highlights challenges people with ADHD can have with friendships, and offers tools to help.

A Successful ADHD Journey Starts with a Single Step

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW contemplates the effects of an ADHD diagnosis, and how it can change one’s journey.

Is ADHD a Disability or a Difference?

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW weighs whether ADHD should be considered a difference or a disability.

How Reading Helped Me Recover From My Diagnosis of Inattentive ADHD

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares three books that eased her feelings of devastation following her inattentive ADHD diagnosis.

Where Are My ADHD Gifts?

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares her take on the gifts and challenges of inattentive ADHD.

ADHD Has a Terrible Name

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW explores the trouble accurately naming the diagnosis known as ADHD.

What I Learned from Interviewing 24 Men with Inattentive ADHD

Cynthia Hammer, MSW, Executive Director of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition, shares what she learned from polling men with the condition.

Online ADHD Directories: Proceed with Caution

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses the problems present in many online directories for ADHD.

Adult ADHD & Uninformed Clinicians: Enough Already!

Self-advocate Cynthia Hammer, MSW discusses the challenges of finding clinicians informed about ADHD.

Myths About ADHD Can Contribute To Our Early Deaths

Cynthia Hammer, MSW shares 7 common myths that can effect the lives of people with ADHD.

My Life with Inattentive ADHD

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