Lads Information

Based in Nedlands, weve been working alongside the WA ADHD community since 1993. As a research-based support and information agency, we assist and empower people with ADHD and associated conditions. We also work alongside their families, partners, co-workers, teachers, or anyone who is connected to someone living with ADHD. We recognise that ADHD affects people across the lifespan, and support children, teenagers, and adults however we can. The ADHD WA mission is to provide support and information to members, parents, families, and all people affected by learning and attentional disorders. We advocate on their behalf and work in partnership with others to ensure appropriate, engaging, and effective services are available. We provide a voice for people who are affected by ADHD and associated conditions. In doing so, the concerns and views of these people are accurately presented to and by the media, clinicians, service providers, politicians, policy makers, and services. We encourage and promote views and positions supported by evidence, as well as the experience of those living with ADHD. A greater understanding of ADHD will not only benefit people affected by it, but the wider community as well. We believe in the power of researched knowledge, diverse views, and studied approaches to ADHD its causes, effects, and treatment. By providing evidenced-based information, we hope to spread positive awareness of ADHD and form more educated public understanding of it in WA. ADHD WA believes that anyone affected by ADHD has the right to appropriate resources and professional services. We actively work towards making services accessible and affordable to those who need them, so we can all learn, strive, and thrive, together. We encourage and support evidence-based professional practice and approaches to ADHD that respect each client and familys rights and needs. Formerly known as LADS (Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of WA), ADHD WA was officially opened in September 1993 following a year-long, ...