Welcome
ADDept are a registered charity: 1072 007 effectively recognised and accepted by Government Departments.
Our team have all lived With Hidden Impairments and parented children who like us 'Learn & Behave Differently' and who are 100% dedicated to our members & our charities aims which are:
To run a 24 hour Advice and Support Phone Service
Act together Raising Awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and other Hidden Impairments.
Campaign for Specialist Services and Support for adults and children.
Provide FREE Training for Local and National Government Services.
Help Parents/Professionals set up Support Groups in their area
Advocate for those with Hidden Disabilities
To remain completely independent advocates, ADDept is 100% voluntary, operates on a shoestring budget, does not accept funding from such as pharmaceutical or food supplement companies, local councils, PCT’s or any sources that could be viewed as conflict of interest.
For our kind of people Education is not so much about the filling of a bucket;
But the lighting of a fire
We do not hold any medical qualifications
We do hold a lifetime of experiences.
ADDept staff have a wide knowledge and understanding of the difficulties people living with Hidden Impairments face on a daily basis and have a high success rate in helping others come to terms with their differences so enabling them to live up to their full potential.
We work alongside numerous organisations namely:
To name but a few.
Meetings
We hold regular meetings in the York and Whitby areas, where we collect information and discuss issues of common concern.
We meet in Whitby at Eskdale school with various Voluntary Sector Organisations quarterly to discuss the developments which have been put in place to support people with Hidden Impairments in the Yorkshire area i.e.
Transition and Awareness Training
Screening Tools for use in Schools and the Workplace
Self Help Groups
Living with a Hidden Disability can cause severe emotional harm, more than 15% of the population are affected. A recent study revealed that 75% of UK prison inmates have Hidden Disabilities.
Sadly the majority aren't treated as Hidden Disabilities are still very misunderstood.
Here on the ADDept site we hope to encourage our members to post their experiences and read how others cope with similar life experiences.
ADDept work together with numerous organizations who we are in regular contact with, to ensure that our records are kept up to date.
At ADDept We Believe
Those Who Care Succeed
