{"id":4653,"date":"2015-09-28T13:01:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T17:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/add.org\/?page_id=4653"},"modified":"2024-10-07T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T19:11:55","slug":"adhd-awareness-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/add.org\/adhd-awareness-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Did ADHD Awareness Month Get Its Start?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1540\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/add.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awareness_Day_Anniversary.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1540\" src=\"https:\/\/add.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Awareness_Day_Anniversary-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Click here to see a full size scan of the original letter from the U.S. Senate creating ADHD Awareness Day.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click here to see a full size scan of the original letter from the U.S. Senate creating ADHD Awareness Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>History Buff? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check Out The Original Senate Resolution Establishing ADHD Awareness Day. <\/strong>It\u2019s been 20 years since the U.S. Senate worked with ADDA to instate &#8220;ADHD Awareness Day.&#8221; (Enjoy our <a href=\"https:\/\/add.org\/adhd-awareness\/\">interview with Evelyn Green, ADDA Past-President<\/a>, who was one of the people who helped write the senate resolution!)<\/p>\n<p>Since then, ADHD Awareness has grown from one day each year in 2004 to a full month, the month of October. ADDA joins the ADHDWarenessMonth.org coalition in celebrating ADHD Awareness Month every October with oodles of exciting events!<\/p>\n<p>Every year, you can find <strong>an ADHD Awareness Month toolkit <\/strong>ready for you.<\/p>\n<p>ADDA was part of a historic partnership of organizations who came together to promote ADHD Awareness Week: ADDA, <a href=\"https:\/\/chadd.org\/\">CHADD<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adhdcoaches.org\/\">ACO\u00a0<\/a> have collaborated to create the website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adhdawarenessmonth.org\/\">ADHD Awareness Month<\/a>,\u00a0where you can find information about ADHD and links to the other organizations\u2019 awareness activities. We encourage you to visit the site and use the materials in your community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/add.org\/adhd-awareness\/\">Return to the ADHD Awareness page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History Buff? 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