2013 BC ADHD Awareness Week Activities - BC ADHD. Information On ADHD In British Columbia

Now 80 BC ADHD Awareness Week Activities. This page will track the various ADHD Awareness Week 2013 activities the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group volunteers, I and our supporters are putting on in BC’s lower mainland. It will be updated as we add new activities.

Thanks to our Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group volunteers for making these ADHD Awareness Week events happen: Ed, Jade Vajna, Maggie J.H. Wang (CGD), Jean, Christopher Stanbury, Paul, Yuanyuan Jiang, Robert Murray & Chris Green.

ADHD books displays at 78 Libraries and book stores throughout 23 cities in the Lower Mainland. Details below. There will be ADHD books, books by authors who have ADHD on other topics, our ADHD Awareness Week Poster and Brochures on the only 2 ADHD support group in all of BC, My Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group and CHADD Vancouver.

Here are some authors who have gone public with having ADHD (vs someone thinks bob jones may have ADHD) and who have written book on topics other than (or in addition to) ADHD: Rick Riordan, Dave Pikey, Jamie Oliver, Seth Godin, Katherine Ellison, Ty Pennington, Dr. Edward Hallowell, Dr. John Ratey, Dr. Gabor Mate, James Carville, Paul Orfelea, Terry Bradshaw, Michelle Novotni, Zoe Kessler.

Please contact me if you know other authors who have publicly confirmed (vs you think they have it or they have learning disabilities and not ADHD and have been mistakenly put on an famous ADDers list) they have ADHD and have written non ADHD books

Information table in two cities. The Richmond Brighouse Library Lobby at 100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, Friday October 18th 3pm to 8pm. See map We’ll have our poster and brochures on the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group and CHADD Vancouver.

Information table at The West End Community Center at 870 Denman Street, Vancouver, Saturday October 19th 10am to 5pm. See map We’ll have our poster and brochures on the Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group and CHADD Vancouver.

We’ll have the Adult ADHD screener test and other information on ADHD in adults and children & I and our volunteers will be answering questions on ADHD. Drop on by.

CHADD Vancouver ADHD Support Group. “Parenting Children with ADHD” and a research update  with Dr. Charlotte Johnson, Professor and Director of Clinical Training  at UBC’s Department of Psychology; 6:30pm at Raven Song Community Health Center (2450 Ontario St., Vancouver).

Lower Mainland Cities with ADHD Awareness events by city

Vancouver

ADHD Book Displays at Vancouver Public Libraries .

Britannia Library

Carnegie Library

Central Library

Champlain Heights Library

Collingwood Library

Dunbar Library

The Firehall Library where our group first started meeting in 9 years ago in 2004 until we outgrew it and moved to our new location Ravensong Community Healthcare Center

Fraserview Library

Hastings Library

Joe Fortes Library

Kensington Library

Kerrisdale Library

Kitsilano Library

Marpole Library

Mount Pleasant Library

Oakridge Library

Renfrew Library

South Hill Library

Strathcona Library