Pay attention, or pay billions: the cost of ADHD in Australia. | Jennifer Haig | TEDxQUT
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2020
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often considered a pretty trivial diagnosis. After all, everyone has trouble concentrating sometimes.
But what about the financial impacts of ADHD? How much does ADHD cost our schools, hospitals and justice systems?
And, most importantly, is that a cost we’re willing to keep paying?
Hear from Jennifer Haig in this crash-course on what it’s like to live with ADHD, and how this ‘trivial’ condition is costing Australians billions each year.
Jennifer Haig is a fresh QUT graduate, having studied Media & Communication, Marketing, Creative Writing, and previously, Education & Developmental Psychology. When she’s not working as a project coordinator for a creative digital agency, she’s a published writer, researcher, and award-winning choir conductor. A passionate ‘life-long-learner’, you can usually find her binging Wikipedia articles or deep-diving into obscure video essays. She is also one of the 2.5% of Australian adults living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
It’s so smart putting a financial cost on a something like ADHD because as said, people don’t take it seriously, but money they sure do! I think that’s why as a society we are so hard on people with deadlines, lateness, disorganisation, and we often refuse to even accept it as a condition. We see that behaviour as unproductive, lazy or not of the high standards of an acceptable working person, which is money lost. But why though? I have ADHD and I’ve always tried to fix myself, improve or try new strategies to fit into this neurotypical world. But it would also be nice if, (especially the working) world was a little bit more neuro-diverse as well! Because at the end of the day, everyone struggles with executive function issues so a more ADHD friendly society is a more friendly society to EVERYONE! Amazing talk, I’m forever inspired by this 💖
Great talk with many important issues raised. I was diagnosed at around 36, and am passionate about seeing changes to legislation and the way support opportunities are identified and offered. I would love to know how to become an advocate for enabling these changes, and after working as a government contractor in human services really feel the struggle of many other Australians, many of whom have not been identified as needing support. If you have advice for someone who wants to help but herself struggles to be organised and follow through, I would love to hear it!!
Can't believe this doesn't have more views.
I wish this video had more views... It's a constant struggle accompanied by guilt and shame when I can't work as fast as my peers even though I am intelligent, creative and hard-working. I wish more workspaces were designed to accommodate the needs of people like me, not just neurotypical ones
I completely agree, I constantly feel behind compared to my coworkers because of my ADHD, and the health system in Australia really makes it difficult to find the right help, nothing seems ADHD friendly since there’s no accommodations for the condition (none that I’ve found anyway).
Fantastic presentation. Thankyou!
Finally diagnosed at 35, along with CPTSD, & BPD. and since I only survive with the help of Perscribe Cannabis flower I was denied treatment from Dokotela until I have provided over 6 months of clean drug tests.
Even on heavy antipsychotics and SSRI's I've never made it to three months without a suicide attempt.
The conclusion is that i have to go to jail for at least 6 months if i want treatment.
I’ve been diagnosed with bpd but not adhd (yet). I don’t think cannabis helps with the adhd but my word is it the saviour for bpd. My issue is cannabis intensifies tinnitus and I have it constantly so while I’m in a state of calm it’s like someone had rifle practice next to my head the ringing is literally deafening
But I’m chill..
I should just buy a white hat and write something like “I’m high, shout-louder!”
Great one Jen!
Thank you for being an amazing ADHD ally!!!!
I wish this had happened in 2011 - I have had my nurses rego given the death penalty first registered 1998 - and the ignorance of the condition and the lack of any one asking for a deeper and focused investigation of specifics literally saw me unable to defend my self as liberties where the person also co reacted for the regulators has used this to adjourn and then provide false statements and not even swore or specify a day when month or person and never has a thnn in my been written from the first instance but labelled impaired yet not able to be disciplined as their was no evidence present not even a written complaint until the allegations where to be dismissed then the threats to drag me through the courses with unlimited government resources yet not able to have the BS throw out as the appeal for appeal sake until i run out of tome or resources or just give up ! Australia has a long way to go and a change in the governement of the day and it’s political imposition of policy and privatisation and selling our health down the river has lost this girl a career yet same persons not brought into light for seriously not checking credentials nor performing due diligence checks on doctors whom now are the face of a redress scheme yet i could hold a ward up without doctors over a
long weekend but be expected to do their job as well as the Incharge and palliative pts whom had young children and still worked through those whom where asked to be obstructionist to the instructions i gave and so affected the efficient and effective and accountable and safe running of the wards but all was well - this was not even my issue to be in control of yet somehow ADHD WAS a diagnosis and an impairment with the potential to do what ! that was not ever even occurred to them to have a reason for the last 10 years and that’s that and we are health professionals look at the way we treat each other
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Because parents won't do there job the answer is to put the kid on pills. My mother did a great job raising 4 boys. Those were the days when you spanked unruly kids. We all turned out just fine. Now when your kid laughs at you when you tell them to do something you put them in what do they call it? That's right. TIME OUT. That doesn't work? Put him on a pill. They have pills for everything. 1 doesn't work? Give him 2. Great job.
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TED used to be great. wheres the science, or facts in this? how did i or all of my classmates survive school back in 1988 and not be diagnosed as ADHD?
I know it’s a late reply, but maybe do some more research yourself into why ADHD wasn’t as common or why it wasn’t diagnosed as often back then, if you’re seriously wondering. Might give you a new perspective and help you to understand it better
Easy, YOU DID NOT HAVE ADHD. There's a ton of science behind this info. Do the research.