ADDept is 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 to Local and National Government
Departments.
Help parents/professionals /carers 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 supplement companies, councils, CT’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
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 hold
regular meeting throughout the country, where we collect information
and discuss issues of common concern.
We meet 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
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.