Hi everybody I won the prime ministers youth award for entrepreneurship in Jamaica for #keystatam and my company Adtelligent !! To anyone with a kid with adhd; that neurodivergent mind mught just a super power in entrepunership. So here’s some advice,
1.Ask for extra time on tests I got 15 minutes per hour… makes a huge difference I don’t perform well in timed events like that but in real life where deadlines are fixed but the time isn’t an hour I do very well.
2.Ask if your kid can type exams, I got a dummy computer that only allowed me notepad and no grammar correction. Truth is in real life you have Grammarly and my dyslexia is always corrected by the red line.
3.Medicine is okay. I have taken medicine daily for over 14 years and my life was way better afterwards.
4. Learn to live with it, your kid won’t be the same as others, some things he/she/they will struggle with but things they like they will be hooked and hyper Excel. Give positive encouragement, they are already beating themselves up trust me.
5. Make sure they sleep and excercise, and if they miss a deadline talk to them try not to let them run into the anxiety depression trap
6. Lean in and advocate for your child, get them tested… if you can’t afford it write to your government to see if they are free testing centers .
7. Talk to the teachers about what this means, if they aren’t trained they will be frustrated and it’s better you do the research and bring it to them like my mom and dad did.
8. If you do eveyything above and some more things will turn out okay. Just ask my dad he was always worried about me… But everything turned out okay…. now where did I leave my concerta 🤣
Pictures: 1.The Prime Minsiter of Jamaica Andrew Holness and I, 2. The Education Minister Fayval William’s , the Minister of Labour and social security Dr Norman Dunn and me smiling from ear to ear . And finally my dad and his carbon copy!