Basic Steps On Being An ADHD Advocate

By Raymond Carter


ADHD is characterized as the mental disorder that is a combination of ipulsivity, inattentiveness, hyperactivity and distractibility. The behaviors they usually have are having troubles in getting along well with others, inability to concentrate or becoming disruptive. Some individuals do not believe this is an actual disorder and consider it as some behaviors which are intolerable.

This is why it is important to help spread the word about it and help other people learn and understand it more. You can do this by being an ADHD advocate specially when you know someone who is suffering from this. This would help the patients get their needed support from everyone around them.

You first become as a student to learn more regarding the condition from different sources like other advocates. After being knowledgeable enough then you would become an expert and you might not feel like an expert but for others who have lesser knowledge, you are one. Then you start to educate others and get support for the ones needing it is when you become an advocate.

Being an effective advocate have some steps that are advisable for those who wants to become one to follow. First is by accepting your role and you would feel good when you are educating others on the condition and supporting those needing it. You would be knocking down the stigma and ignorance of people which is preventing them from helping.

Know more about the ADHD condition so there will be more tools available for you to use whenever you want to express your opinions effectively. You could do this by talking with professionals and experts in mental health and by reading books. Another way is sharing and talking about your experiences to other advocates.

Begin with your own personal situation by helping your daughter or son or supporting your clients, student or patients. Doing this would help you have a momentum which you can use to try and help others. You could start reaching out to those in your community such as your neighborhood, school or workplace.

Recognize the unique strength everyone has which could be used in spreading the advocacy effectively. Your strength can be in talking with other people and in bringing them together or in using current technologies such as blogs and social media where thoughts and ideas are easier and faster to spread. These are great in assisting your aim in reaching out more people.

Join others specially support groups or organizations that have the same advocacy as you, either local, national or even online. Working with others would help in expanding your reach which means you can help more people and educate them. This would also be a way for you to learn more and for your skills to develop further which would be helpful.

Record your thoughts and ideas and organized them so sharing them would be easier specially when you make copies of them for the newer ones to read. Learn the language associated with mental health which are not common and normally used. Communicate with others regularly so newer information can be shared immediately to help in your advocacy.




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