Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Joint Committee On Health

Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion

Ms Christina Riordan:

One of the key things from our point of view for parents who are parenting in a different way, is building on those strengths and helping our children scaffold their development in areas where they may need additional support because they have ADHD. So many of the parents comment that it is just a different way of looking at things and a different approach is what is needed and a move away from that language of a deficit.

That was well articulated in the parent's statement Ms Riordan read about it being a privilege to go with the children's flow and looking at the world in a different way.