ADDitude Reader Panel — June 2025

The editors of ADDitude magazine want to hear from you!

ADDitude needs your insights for articles in upcoming issues and/or for our website. It's the real-life experiences from parents and adults with ADHD like you that make ADDitude such a valuable resource. Thank you for sharing!

—the editors of ADDitude

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For Adults with ADHD

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1. What’s the most helpful strategy, insight, or mindset shift a therapist or mental health professional has taught you?

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2. Do you have joint hypermobility and/or an inflammatory disorder along with your ADHD? If so, have you found a medical provider who understands and can effectively treat these overlapping conditions? Please share your experience.

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3. Does your brain lead you to seek (not avoid) sensory input? If so, what tools, products, or solutions have you found that satisfy this need?

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For Parents Raising Children with ADHD

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4. Understanding and accepting a child’s neurodivergence is a journey—even for parents who are neurodivergent themselves. As you navigate the process of embracing your child’s unique strengths and challenges, what do you wish you had known at the start? What advice would you give to other parents who are new to this journey?

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5. Are you raising both neurotypical and neurodivergent children? If so, how do you navigate sibling conflicts? What challenges arise, and what strategies have you found helpful? How do you balance fairness and individuality while fostering a strong sibling bond?

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6. Have you ever dealt with a teacher who just clearly didn’t like your child? If so, please share more below:

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If yes, how did you become aware of this? What happened and how was your child impacted? What did you do to help your child, and did you encounter any obstacles in your efforts?

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For Everyone

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7. If you are an autistic adult or the parent of an autistic child in the U.S., have you canceled any healthcare or therapy appointments in response to news of the autism database being created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under direction of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.?

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Tell Us About You!

Please share demographic information about yourself:

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* 1. What’s the most helpful strategy, insight, or mindset shift a therapist or mental health professional has taught you?

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* 2. Do you have joint hypermobility and/or an inflammatory disorder along with your ADHD? If so, have you found a medical provider who understands and can effectively treat these overlapping conditions? Please share your experience.

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* 3. Does your brain lead you to seek (not avoid) sensory input? If so, what tools, products, or solutions have you found that satisfy this need?

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* 5. Are you raising both neurotypical and neurodivergent children? If so, how do you navigate sibling conflicts? What challenges arise, and what strategies have you found helpful? How do you balance fairness and individuality while fostering a strong sibling bond?

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* 6. Have you ever dealt with a teacher who just clearly didn’t like your child? If so, please share more below:

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* 7. If you are an autistic adult or the parent of an autistic child in the U.S., have you canceled any healthcare or therapy appointments in response to news of the autism database being created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under direction of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.?

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* 8. Age:

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* 9. Race/ethnicity: (Select all that apply.)

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* 10. Gender:

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1. What’s the most helpful strategy, insight, or mindset shift a therapist or mental health professional has taught you?

2. Do you have joint hypermobility and/or an inflammatory disorder along with your ADHD? If so, have you found a medical provider who understands and can effectively treat these overlapping conditions? Please share your experience.

3. Does your brain lead you to seek (not avoid) sensory input? If so, what tools, products, or solutions have you found that satisfy this need?

5. Are you raising both neurotypical and neurodivergent children? If so, how do you navigate sibling conflicts? What challenges arise, and what strategies have you found helpful? How do you balance fairness and individuality while fostering a strong sibling bond?

6. Have you ever dealt with a teacher who just clearly didn’t like your child? If so, please share more below:

7. If you are an autistic adult or the parent of an autistic child in the U.S., have you canceled any healthcare or therapy appointments in response to news of the autism database being created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under direction of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.?

8. Age:

9. Race/ethnicity: (Select all that apply.)

10. Gender: