Who We Are

                          Who We Are And Our Aims. ADHD Australia Incorporated’s (Inc) concerns are to promote awareness of ADHD, to encourage self awareness of those who have ADHD, to give information about ADHD and some of the possible comorbid disorders which can coexist with ADHD. And to do so in a manner which the average lay person would understand.

ADHD Australia Inc as a Tax Deductible Gift Recipient aims to assist children with ADHD from economically/socially-
depressed environments financially, in following their own particular medically endorsed treatments.

We noticed there was a lack in existing sites in Australia offering scientific evidence that ADHD is a valid disorder. We aim to narrow this gap.

We present this information in a manner, which does not require any scientific or medical type training to understand. Thus this site contains information, which we hope is interesting and helpful to any layperson who wishes to enquire about or understand more about ADHD. These could be parents, a person with ADHD or any other interested party who is wondering what ADHD is, and would like a better understanding of ADHD.

Reliability of Information: While care and research has been carried out on the various subjects, we wish to point out that the information contained on www.adhd.org.au, has been written by a lay person with ADHD-C/Bipolar. This written information has not received any accreditation or confirmation in regard to accuracy by any relevant medical professional.

This layperson has a B.Sc (twenty five years ago) where she studied microbiology, biochemistry, anatomy and physiology and who has devoted some time researching a vast quantity of information about ADHD. While this previous education and her own experiences with ADHD may assist with her interpretations, it does not make her medically knowledgeable at all, or correct in her interpretations. Her interpretations cannot replace those of a medical professional.

For a pdf list of the various written material that the above layperson studied please click on following: Webbibliograph

When www.adhd.org.au refers directly to research papers or works by known medical and others trained in psychology, they can be followed by either a link or references to a particular research project or known researcher. When these references and links are present, the information written on this site about the particular matter of the research, or linked site will have been interpretered and written by the same layperson, as above.

Patient/Physician Relationship: Please be aware that the information presented on www.adhd.org.au is designed to support, not replace the relationship that exists between a patient (site visitor) and his/her physician.

We would strongly encourage any site visitor to raise any medical type issues they may have, whether they be physical or mental with a physician. We urge this particularly strongly. For example a sibling of one of ADHD Australia’s committee members, lost his life due to not consulting his doctor in a timely manner and wrongly diagnosing himself via the Internet for some eighteen months (cancer – for the curious).

Alternative Treatments: While www.adhd.org.au gives information in regard to Alternative Treatments, this fact is not to be interpretered that this site endorses or encourages Alternative Treatments. A person, should consult and discuss with their physician if they wish to try any Alternative Treatments.

Links: This site offers links to other websites. Once any site visitor leaves www.adhd.org.au and goes to the site of one of these links we cannot vouch for the accuracy or reliability of any information contained on those sites.

Sponsorship: www.adhd.org.au does not accept sponsorship of any type and is funded by the Webmaster (secretary of ADHD Australia Inc) personally.

HONcode Principals: www.adhd.org.au is pledged to respect the eight honor code principals of the Health On the Net Foundation.

Jennifer Allen
Secretary
ADHD Australia Inc.