To much of the ADHD community, Michael Phelps’s phenomenal swimming at the Bejing Summer Olympics is a beacon of pride and hope.  For all the advances in diagnosing and treating ADHD, it remains greatly stigmatized.  In chat rooms and bulletin boards people post items like “ADHD is not a disability” as a way of giving […]

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In the July 7th issue of the Wall Street Journal, L. Gordon Crovitz wrote about the formation of the Internet Overload Research Group (Unloading Information Overload).  Apparently the internet is so distracting to the average technology employee that Microsoft, Google, IBM and Intel have banded together to try to figure out how to use technology […]

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We’re pleased to announce About.com has posted an interview with the Edge Foundation. The article explores how coaching can help high school and college students with ADHD reach their full potential.
ADHD Coaching for High School and College Students
About.com is a part of the New York Times Company. The (ADD) ADHD section is written by Keath Low. […]

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Edge Foundation board member, Nancy Ratey, publishes a new book: The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents (St Martins Press April ‘08)
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“This is a book about possibility,” says Ratey “It’s both a practical guide to taking control of the symptoms with which individuals with ADHD struggle, […]

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We are excited and pleased that our website is live! We’re looking for your feedback about it and ways to improve it.
Best wishes,
Neil Peterson

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