ADHD & Dyslexia

Websites

Learn more

• ADDA (Attention Deficit Disorder Association)
• ADHD Australia
• CHADD (Children & Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
• Child Mind Institute - ADHD & Behavior Disorders and en español
• Exceptional Individuals - ADHD and Dyslexia
• Impact Parents & Impact ADHD - many articles and resources!
• Goally on ADHD - many articles and resources!
• Made By Dyslexia
• Russell Barkley - author of multiple items in ORPARC's library!
• Tilt Parenting

Hear from adults experiencing ADHD

• ADHD Alien
• The ADHD Homestead
• ADHD Rollercoaster
• Brainworx (blog)
• I Have ADHD

Parenting & school advocacy

• ADDitude Magazine - many free online webinars & podcasts plus School Advocacy!
  • Check out their free worksheets and guides to download!
• Bright & Quirky
• CDC - School Advocacy
• CogMed – brain-training software program
• Decoding Dyslexia
• Learning Ally
• Neurodiversopedia - all the definitions!
• Parent to Parent – ADHD training & support for parents
• Print Path – handwriting focused blog
• The Shadow Project – empowering students in schools
• State of Oregon Library - talking book, braille & print disability options, plus more!
• Thriving with ADHD
• Understood

Recommended Books & Articles

ADHD and Dyslexia-related materials in ORPARC's library and DIGITAL library, plus for Children & Teens

• ADHD Information Packet, developed by ORPARC, available in ORPARC's library, includes a section on girls.

For Parents

• ADHD & Polyvagal Theory: Making Sense of the Link Between Trauma & ADHD by Dig Deeper
• ADHD and Trauma: Untangling Causes, Symptoms & Treatment by Kerry Heckman, ADDitude
• Basically No One Believed Her: How We're Failing Girls with ADHD by Marie Holmes
• Bionic Reading: Could an ADHD-friendly Hack Turn Me Into a Speed Reader? by Daniel Lavelle
• Chalk up a success: Carmel artist overcomes ADHD to become motivational speaker, performance artist by Mark Ambrogi, Current Publishing
• Coping With ADHD & Heightened Emotions by Dr. Melissa Springstead Cahill, author in ORPARC's library
• Empowering Your ADHD Child by The Brain Building Book - many resources & authors in ORPARC's library
• Fact Sheets by Russell Barkley, author in ORPARC's library
• The Healing Power of Yahtzee, Legos and Babydolls by Rebecca Brown Wright
• Helping Your Autistic, ADHD or Dyslexic Child (or Self) with Reading Fluency by NeuroClastic
• How Can a Child with ADHD Improve His or Her Memory? by Thinking Through ADHD
• How Childhood Trauma Could Be Mistaken for ADHD by The Barker Adoption Foundation
• How Trauma Informed Care Could Help Identify and Treat ADHD by Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian, Mental Health Today
• The Inattentive, Impulsive and Hyperactive Child: Is Childhood Trauma Buried Amongst ADHD? by Child Development Clinic
• Is it ADHD or Child Traumatic Stress? by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Is it ADHD or Trauma? (infographic)
• Mindfulness Helped Me Focus My ADHD by Generation Mindful (Gen:M)
• Neurofeedback - an ORPARC Resource page
• Teens Self-Medicating with Drugs & Alcohol by Child Mind Institute and en español
• Time Blindness by The ADHD Homestead
• "You’ll Never Learn If You Can’t Remember" – working memory and ADHD
• “You Would Forget Your Head…” – attention and memory
• [Self-Test] Could Your Child Have an Executive Function Deficit?
• What It's Like Parenting with ADHD by Caroline Bologna

Diet- Related

• ADHD by Food for the Brain Foundation
• ADHD & Diet by Understood
• Dietary suggestions for ADHD and Autism? & en español by Food Hero
• Nutrition and ADHD by CHADD
• What We Know About ADHD & Food by Child Mind Institute and en español
• Why Sugar is Kryptonite: ADHD Diet Truths by ADDitude

On Dyslexia

• A Day in the Life of a Child With Dyslexia by Understood
• Dyslexia by Goally
• Dyslexia by Reading Rockets - articles & videos
• Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children
• Empowering Your Dyslexia Child by The Brain Building Book - many resources & authors in ORPARC's library
• Helping Your Autistic, ADHD or Dyslexic Child (or Self) with Reading Fluency by NeuroClastic
• How to spot, support and empower your dyslexic child by Made By Dyslexia
• The Human Cost of Dyslexia by Pennie Aston
• Understanding Dyslexia by Katherin Martinelli and Dr. Matthew Cruger, Child Mind Institute and en español
• What Is Dyslexia by Understood - many articles & resources

For Kids

• Books for Children with ADHD
• ADHD and Me by Thriving with ADHD
• Kids Quest ADHD: What is ADHD and How Do I Recognize a Kid Who Might Have ADHD? by the CDC – includes many fun resources!
• What makes you xtraordinary? by Made By Dyslexia

Culturally specific

• 8 Unique Ways ADHD Affects Black People by Black Health Matters
• ADHD in the African American Community: During Black History Month & Beyond by CHADD
• Dyslexia, A Very Different Journey for BIPOC Students by The Shadow Project
• ‘Falling through the cracks’: Why ADHD is under-diagnosed among Asian Americans by Olivia Goldhill, STAT News
• Indigenous and ADHD by I Have ADHD Podcast
• The Model Minority Myth Left No Room For My ADHD by Sarika Rao (Indian American)
• The Opportunity Gap Podcast by Understood
• Paying attention to adult ADHD by Native America Calling podcast
• Race & ADHD: How People of Color Get Left Behind by ADDidtude
• The Shadow Project
  • Proud & College Bound: John Fernandez & Using ADHD to Fuel His Dreams: Joe Andino
• What It's Like to Be ADHD & Black by How to ADHD (video)
• Why Race Matters in Diagnosing & Treating ADHD by Everyday Health

Videos & Podcasts

• ADDitude Magazine (podcasts + videos)
• ADHD as a Difference in Cognition, Not a Disorder – TEDTalk
• ADHD Finding What Works for Me – interesting teen Student TedTalk!
• ADHD Sucks, but Not Really – TEDxUSU
• Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story – TEDxBratislava
• How to ADHD (YouTube channel)
• How to Talk About ADHD with Your Child with Ned Hallowell by ADDitude (podcast)
• How to Tame Your Wandering Mind by Dr. Amishi Jha, TedTalk and Podcast Series
• 'I Have ADHD' Podcast
• Let's Talk About ADHD – co-produced by kids with ADHD in Wales
• My Little Villagers – one family's perspective
• The Polyvagal Theory and How it Relates to ADHD with Dr. Stephen Porges by Brainworx
• Understanding ADHD - free course!

On Dyslexia

• A Conversation with Elisheva Schwartz of The Dyslexia Quest by Tilt Parenting Podcast
• Decoding Dyslexia – so many videos!
• The Dyslexia Quest Podcast
• See Dyslexia Differently by Amazing Things – cute, animated! (video)
• What is Dyslexia? by TedEd – animated! (video)
• Your Child is Bright, Not Deficient by Jonathan Moody, adult with ADHD/dyslexia (video)