Dr. Sonia Morris:

On the note of needing a diagnosis, ADHD is also unique among neurodivergencies in that there is medication management involved. To access that medication it is important that we have accurate identification of whether it is ADHD.

For ADHD access to diagnosis is vitally important, particularly if the individual wants to obtain medication. If there were a strict national policy on assessment, I think that would empower parents to demand better assessment from their clinicians. It is also important to have knowledge of what a good assessment looks like. At the moment, there is no national guidance, and parents do not know. They pay large sums of money for whatever the assessment might be and then find it is rejected by CAMHS when they try to go public for their medication.