How Can We Help You?
How Can We Help You?
The Scottish ADHD Coalition brings together the voluntary organisations providing support to adults and children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Scotland, and their parents, carers and families.
Latest News
Organisations agree to collaborate to strengthen support for neurodivergences in Scotland
The discussion identified a number of shared, cross-cutting priorities, including: access to timely and consistent assessment and diagnostic pathways…
National call for joined-up approach as organisations unite on neurodevelopment support
Leading organisations from across Scotland will come together on Wednesday 15 April in Edinburgh to call for a more joined-up
Neurodivergence in Scotland (a Scottish Parliament report)
On 20th March, the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee published a report on Neurodivergence in Scotland.
What We Do?
The Scottish ADHD Coalition was set up in 2017 to bring together the leaders of voluntary organisations providing support to adults and children with ADHD in Scotland, and their parents, carers and families.
The idea of the coalition came from a meeting held in Dundee in April 2016 where ADHD support groups across Scotland came together for the first time. The groups shared the many excellent services they are offering – including running youth groups, delivering training for parents and adults with ADHD, enabling peer to peer support and offering information and signposting.
About ADHD
ADHD is a neuro-developmental disorder which interferes with the way a child develops in, and interacts with, his or her environment. ADHD is a long term disorder which in most cases persists into adulthood.
ADHD is characterised by 3 groups of symptoms which, for a diagnosis, must be so severe that they lead to significant impairment in a person’s life and must have been present before the age of 12.