ADHD NZ 2021: past, present and future
ADHD New Zealand was formed in 1979 as a support group for people with children with ADHD.
Now we have Raewyn, our National Co-ordinator who is a paid staff member, and our activities are governed by a Board of specialists in their fields, albeit they're volunteers.
Our vision is to advance the ADHD community in New Zealand by providing practical information and support. Our role is to help people living with ADHD by helping them with their ADHD journey.
On a daily basis, Raewyn manages numerous enquiries from people seeking information and advice on how they, or their child can get assessed, and possibly diagnosed with ADHD. She also facilitates enquiries from people wanting help via counselling; help with challenges at their place of work; or from parents wanting to know how to navigate the education system so they can get the support that their children need at school.
We're still a small organisation but our community (of financial and non-financial members and with our meetups and online Facebook and LinkedIn communities) has grown to over 15,000 strong.
Now we have Raewyn, our National Co-ordinator who is a paid staff member, and our activities are governed by a Board of specialists in their fields, albeit they're volunteers.
Our vision is to advance the ADHD community in New Zealand by providing practical information and support. Our role is to help people living with ADHD by helping them with their ADHD journey.
On a daily basis, Raewyn manages numerous enquiries from people seeking information and advice on how they, or their child can get assessed, and possibly diagnosed with ADHD. She also facilitates enquiries from people wanting help via counselling; help with challenges at their place of work; or from parents wanting to know how to navigate the education system so they can get the support that their children need at school.
We're still a small organisation but our community (of financial and non-financial members and with our meetups and online Facebook and LinkedIn communities) has grown to over 15,000 strong.
Some things are broken and we intend to fix them
Every week we hear from dozens of people with ADHD as well as parents and partners, so we think we have a pretty good idea of what the challenges are.
Every week we hear from dozens of people with ADHD as well as parents and partners, so we think we have a pretty good idea of what the challenges are.
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ADHD NZ Strategy
Our focus is on identifying issues for our community and advocating hard to make changes happen. We’ve put together a strategy to fix the big issues as we see them. In short, we're focused on achieving these things:
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Read our strategy to find out what the next five years will look like for us and ADHD in New Zealand.
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