ADHD Awareness Month 2025
October is recognised as ADHD Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to celebrating the differences found in neurodiversity, with a particular focus on ADHD. ADHD is usually seen as and related to a lack of attention and focus, hyperactivity, impulsivity, “bad behaviour” in the case of children, focusing on the downsides and without valuing any […]
Research: Everyday Functioning in Adults with ADHD
Social support improves functioning in adults with ADHD – regardless of symptom severity. New research published in BMC Psychiatry highlights the importance of emotional, tangible, and self-esteem-enhancing support for thriving with ADHD, across all domains of life: work, relationships, education, and community participation. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eb8AEC68 This aligns beautifully with what we […]
Research: Sensory integration Differences in people with ADHD
New research is clear: Sensory integration differences are real for people with ADHD. And as occupational therapists, we cannot overlook this. The 2025 meta-analysis confirms what many of us already know through practice: sensory processing challenges significantly affect participation, wellbeing, and regulation in ADHD. These are not just behavioural quirks — they’re neurobiological realities. The […]
New research alert for those of us working with ADHD!
A brand new meta-analysis (April 2025) in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry confirms what many of us see in practice every day: sensory processing differences are common and significant in individuals with ADHD. This systematic review looked across multiple studies and found that people with ADHD are much more […]
Exploring the impact of sensory processing differences on the daily particiption of women with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Aniesa Blore
ADHD Awareness Month
#ADHDAwarenessMonth Every year, October is ADHD Awareness Month worldwide. We are still in the middle of the month, and we would like to contribute to raising awareness of this condition. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence estimates the global prevalence of ADHD in children to be around 5%, and in adults in the […]
Coffee and Chat | Q &A with Chewigem and Sensooli
Join us for coffee and chat this week. We will be hosting a Q & A session tonight. Come and join us to hear about Sensooli and Chewigem products. We will be joined tonight on the call by Jenny McLaughlan and Loz Young, who will be telling us more about Chewigem and their new initiative […]
Reflective Practice | A Research Reminder | Altered Cervical Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potential in Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.
When supporting other therapists to interpret their clinical data, I find a common theme tricky patterns emerging while trying to make sense of assessment data. It is always helpful to remember to explore and reference the latest supporting evidence. Dr Susanne Smith Roley reminded our Module 6 delegates of this just last night. She emphasised […]
Research Update: Examining overlap and homogeneity in ASD, ADHD, and OCD: a data-driven, diagnosis-agnostic approach
“Our results motivate a paradigm shift to challenge how ASD, ADHD, and OCD are currently defined, diagnosed, and treated. In particular, this paper adds to the evidence that these diagnoses may not exist as uniquely-defined diagnostic constructs, and highlights the need to discover other groupings that may be more closely aligned with biology and/or response […]
Ayres’ Sensory Integration and ADHD; what do we know?
In 2004 Aviva Yochman, Shula Parush and Asher Ornoy summarised a lot of history about ADHD and Sensory Integration in a journal article; Responses of Preschool Children With and Without ADHD to Sensory Events in Daily Life In 2010 Shelley Lane published a study that concluded that 54% of children with ADHD have sensory over-responsivity. In […]