Re: financial aid for ADHD?

[billd]

Man, does THIS ever fit/describe me! ->

>>all of my life I’ve gone with the approach that “the future will figure itself out.” I never attributed this attitude to my ADHD (partly because I wasn’t diagnosed) until recently. Dr Russell Barkley talks about ADHD in terms of myopia to time, and it wasn’t until I saw this video that the bell chimed in my head.

not only am I a terrible planner, but I’ve basically adapted in ways that allow me to hide my ADHD from the world. this essentially helped me avoid dealing with any short-term consequences that I feared (namely getting in trouble) while ultimately making long-term consequences worse …how classically ADHD.

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Yeah, too true. I’ve gotten by because I was so fast and so good at what I did, and was almost always able to figure out shortcuts, or ways to do things faster. Need to update 34 routers in as many remote cities – in a day? That’s how long it should take for most folks. I somehow found all sorts of other things to do – and the dayt went by quickly, suddnely there was only like 90 minutes left – and I still have 34 to go!

Crunch time hit, I flew into action…….. got them done with a few minutes to spare.

Unfortunately, there are too many times where you just can’t cheat the clock – it won’t work (at least not with today’s technology) so now and then I fall hard.

ANYWAY, if you were/are in the states, you could apply to your own state’s Vocational Rehabilitation agency…….. they help folks with any sort of disability find and get education, jobs and so on. In Iowa, it would be Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) Other states have their own. Not sure of Canada, etc.

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