Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada
Thursday October 10th is World Mental Health Day. Which means that it is a great time to remind everyone that ADHD is considered a mental health condition. ADHD is medically categorized as a neurodevelopmental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Autism and Learning Disabilities are also included in this category.…
The Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada, CADDAC has developed a set of questions aimed at parties and their candidates addressing some of the issues that families and individuals impacted by ADHD have expressed are of concern to them. The purpose of this set of questions aimed at parties and candidates is to: Build awareness about…
CADDAC would like to better inform the ADHD community about our on-going advocacy work across Canada so we will be keeping you up-dated on meetings and communication with government representatives and decision makers. We also hope that those of you interested in improving outcomes for those with ADHD will become inspired to contact your elected…
The last time CADDAC posted on this topic was October of 2017 so we thought that it was long past time for some up-dates. Also, some new issues have arisen that may be of interest to you. Bioequivalency CADDAC met with Health Canada to share feedback on issues with some ADHD generics prior to their…
This is a follow-up on an earlier post that informed you that CADDAC and CADDRA sent a joint letter to Senator Munson and Minister Lebouthillier in early February of this year, stating that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) appears to be restricting access to the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) for those impaired by Attention Hyperactivity…