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10/04/2019 - CADDAC National Director

The Family Cost of Raising a Child with ADHD and the Disability Tax Credit

According to a new study on the Family Burden of Raising a Child with ADHD the cost of raising a youth with ADHD was more than five times greater compared to raising a youth without ADHD. The total economic burden per child with ADHD was $15,036 US com

19/03/2019 - CADDAC National Director

Group worries kids with other disabilities forgotten amid autism crisis

I read the Toronto Star article, Group worries kids with other disabilities forgotten amid autism crisis with much interest and I must say also some frustration. The below information was sent to Laurie Monsebraaten ,the Toronto Star Social Justice Rep

12/02/2019 - CADDAC National Director

Up-date on Students with ADHD in the British Columbia Education System

CADDAC encourages BC residents who are concerned about this issue to contact their MLA. Up-coming proposed changes to the special education funding model in BC, away from a model of designation to a prevalence based, inclusion, model may benefit stu

08/01/2019 - CADDAC National Director

Excluding Students with Developmental Disorders from Ontario Classrooms

I read the Globe and Mail articles on Educating Grayson and Advocates for students with disabilities call on Ontario to stop school exclusions with great interest. CBC's "Metro Morning" also hosted an interview with a mother of a student with Autistism

19/12/2018 - CADDAC National Director

Recent Huffington Post Article on ADHD of Concern to CADDAC

Note from Heidi Bernhardt, CADDAC President I am sharing this incident with you because the CADDAC board and I personally continue to be concerned about how information on ADHD is sometimes presented in the media. Unfortunately, poor, even if well-mean

06/12/2018 - CADDAC National Director

Join the Conversation on ADHD! – Send in Your Answers to these Questions!

What we have discovered is that when asked to speak out about ADHD for ADHD Speaks those who have lots to say often become tongue tied. But, when we ask them to respond to a specific question on ADHD, they can’t seem to stop talking. So since we want t