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Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder


ADDA - National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
http://www.add.org
ADDA's mission is to help people with ADD lead happier, more successful lives through education, research, and public advocacy. ADDA is especially focused on the needs of ADDults and young adults with ADD. Parents of children with ADD are also welcome!

ADD.about.com
http://add.about.com/mbody.htm

ADD College Bound
http://www.addcollegebound.com/index.html

Greater Rochester ADD Association
http://www.gradda.com

Heathline
http://www.healthline.com/channel/add-adhd.html
Site has many informative resources on ADHD (i.e. symptoms, causes, tests, treatments, etc).

International Concensus Statement on ADHD
http://www.additudemag.com/additude.asp?DEPT_NO=101&SUB_NO=55
A response to all the ridiculous individuals who have testified in front of Congress with claims such as there is no such thing as mental health, etc. and misinformation about ADHD. This is quite an impressive statement by the ADHD expert, Dr. Russel  Barkley, and 74 other very prominent medical doctors and researchers. Included in the list is "our very own" Chicago Dr. Barry Levanthal and Dr. Edwin Cook at University of Chicago.

Learning Disability Association of America (http://www.ldanatl.org)
This site is dedicated to supporting children and adults with learning disabilities and their families. Specific to ADHD is a list of medications approved for ADHD treatment by the National Institute of Health.

Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, Inc.
http://www.smartkidswithld.org
Smart Kids is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing support to parents of children with learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorders.

Teaching Children with ADHD
http://www.kidsource.com/content2/add.2.html


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