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Category Archives: LGF rants
UK GOV Cop Out Response To Petition
See my previous post for the petition – a standard request for extra funding to remedy the disaster that is ADHD on the NHS Once again the Department of Health and Social Care have swerved giving any kind of boost … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD News, LGF rants, NHS news n' views
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The Last Leg – Discriminatory?
Way, way (way) back, in season 1 of The Last Leg, I noticed their bias in favour of the mobility impaired. They used to have disabled guests on…so I thought I’d see if I could. Coz I’m disabled. One Too … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD News, LGF rants, Radio, TV and other media, Uncategorized
Tagged ADD advice, add manchester, ADHD, ADHD blog, adhd manchester, ADHD support group, Manchester ADHD support
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The Establishment Wants To Kill You
Usually I’m full of praise for ambulance crews – going into the unknown where violent drunks make their lives hell, not to mention the cutbacks. And I’m not going to be over critical of them. Or the police. The individuals … Continue reading
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ADHD and Driving in Great Britain (not Northern Ireland)
The below is a commentary on the information given on GOV.UK, the official website of the UK government. Quotations from the website are given in italics. I’m a diagnosed ADHDer that loves driving. In the 1990s I became an Approved … Continue reading
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Happy New Year
I need to post something, now and again, to remind people that this page is still ‘live’. It’s hard – the interweb is awash with ADHD stuff and I have little faith in my opinion, so don’t publish trivia from … Continue reading
Posted in LGF rambles, LGF rants, Randomness, Uncategorized
Tagged ADD, ADD advice, add blog, add manchester, add support, ADHD, ADHD blog, adhd manchester, adhd support, ADHD support group, manchester add, manchester adhd, Manchester ADHD support
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Dr Temple Grandin Changed My Life
Many, many years ago I watched a strange documentary about an awkward woman who understood animals, and who noticed that a proportion of them relaxed when in a ‘crush’ (a machine designed to hold them still, with gentle pressure). She … Continue reading
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DECLARATION. A play at The Lowry, Salford, June 2016
LGF TURNS THEATRE CRITIC (darling) Performed in the round in The Lowry’s studio space, so capacity was not much more than 100, which makes it incredibly intimate. And then Sarah arrives onstage, which significantly ups the ante. It was … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD News, General, Interesting links, LGF rambles, LGF rants, Radio, TV and other media, Social
Tagged ADD, ADD advice, add blog, add manchester, ADHD, ADHD blog, adhd manchester, ADHD support group, manchester add, manchester adhd, Manchester ADHD support
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Comments
Due to the paucity of real comment, compared with the utter flood of spam, there will be no further comments allowed on articles. Apologies to anyone trying to comment – mail contact@maddchester.com instead and helpful comments will be edited in … Continue reading
Posted in General, LGF rants
Tagged ADD, ADD advice, add blog, add manchester, ADHD, ADHD blog, adhd manchester, ADHD support group, manchester add, manchester adhd, Manchester ADHD support, support group
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Hello 2015
New year, same old problems. The cuts to mental health funding are getting worse and it doesn’t help that there’s more of us year on year (I was here first etc etc). For anyone reading this in Greater Manchester … Continue reading
Posted in General, LGF rambles, LGF rants
Tagged ADD, ADD advice, add blog, add manchester, ADHD, ADHD blog, adhd manchester, ADHD support group, manchester add, manchester adhd, Manchester ADHD support, self help, support group
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UPDATE – latest on Manchester Adult ADHD Clinic
Further to the update below. The Manchester adult ADHD clinic is not accepting new referrals, except emergencies and transitions from CAMHS. I have seen a letter stating that they have so many patients that they can’t treat any more, hence … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD News, General, LGF rambles, LGF rants, NHS news n' views
Tagged ADD, ADD advice, add blog, add manchester, ADHD, ADHD blog, adhd manchester, ADHD support group, manchester add, manchester adhd, Manchester ADHD support, NHS views, support group
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