UNDERSTANDING ADHD
Understanding
ADHD
Beyond Stereotypes
ADHD is more than being distracted or hyperactive. Explore defenitions, realities, challanges and strengths of ADHD through clear, and practical information.
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UNDERSTANDING ADHD
Understanding
ADHD
Beyond Stereotypes
ADHD is more than being distracted or hyperactive. Explore defenitions, realities, challanges and strengths of ADHD through clear, and practical information.
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Ryan's ADHD Journey
For much of his life, Ryan experienced the challenges of ADHD without fully understanding why. Like many people with undiagnosed ADHD, he was often labelled as distracted, disruptive or not living up to his potential, without anyone recognising the deeper reasons behind those struggles.
ADHD is far more than difficulty concentrating. It can affect emotional regulation, confidence, relationships, education and everyday life. Many people with ADHD spend years feeling misunderstood, frustrated or different, often blaming themselves for challenges they cannot explain.
As Ryan gained a deeper understanding of ADHD, he began to make sense of experiences that had shaped much of his life. He also discovered that ADHD brings strengths alongside its challenges, including creativity, resilience, passion and the ability to think differently.
That journey inspired the creation of You, Me & ADHD. Through honest storytelling, humour and lived experience, Ryan helps schools, families and organisations better understand neurodiversity while challenging stereotypes and reducing stigma.
At its heart, the campaign exists to replace judgement with understanding, helping people with ADHD feel seen, supported and empowered to reach their full potential.
Three friends with a shared passion for AI met at Stanford's AI Lab. After countless coffee-fueled coding sessions, we got into YC's Winter '20 batch. Today, backed by Silicon Valley's finest, we're making AI accessible to businesses worldwide.
ADHD DEFENITIONS
ADHD Is More Than Just a Label
ADHD affects how people focus, process emotions, manage energy and experience the world around them.
ADHD affects how people focus, process emotions, manage energy and experience the world around them.
What is ADHD?
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain manages attention, emotions, impulses and stimulation. It's not laziness, it's not bad parenting, and not simply "bad behaviour".
Common ADHD Challanges
Common experiences may include: • Difficulty focusing • Restlessness and hyperactivity • Impulsivity • Emotional intensity • Time blindness • Difficulty organising tasks • Rejection sensitivity
Common ADHD strengths
However ADHD also comes with many strengths, including: • Creativity • Energy • Problem solving ability • Hyperfocus • Big thinking • Entrepreneurial mindset
What is ADHD?
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain manages attention, emotions, impulses and stimulation. It's not laziness, it's not bad parenting, and not simply "bad behaviour".
Common ADHD Challanges
Common experiences may include: • Difficulty focusing • Restlessness and hyperactivity • Impulsivity • Emotional intensity • Time blindness • Difficulty organising tasks • Rejection sensitivity
Common ADHD strengths
However ADHD also comes with many strengths, including: • Creativity • Energy • Problem solving ability • Hyperfocus • Big thinking • Entrepreneurial mindset
Still have questions?
Common ADHD Misconseptions
"ADHD just means you can't focus"
ADHD isn’t about having no focus. It’s about struggling to control focus. One minute the brain feels completely scattered, and the next minute someone can hyperfocus for hours on something they’re passionate about. ADHD is much deeper than simply “not paying attention.”
"People grow out of ADHD"
Most people don’t simply grow out of ADHD. They often grow up learning how to mask it, hide it or battle through it silently. Many adults only realise later in life that ADHD has been affecting them the entire time.
"ADHD is just bad behaviour"
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects attention, emotional regulation, impulsivity and executive functioning. What may look like laziness, defiance or a lack of focus is often the result of a brain that processes information differently.
Three friends with a shared passion for AI met at Stanford's AI Lab. After countless coffee-fueled coding sessions, we got into YC's Winter '20 batch. Today, backed by Silicon Valley's finest, we're making AI accessible to businesses worldwide.
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Making a Real Difference
Making a Real Difference
Helping people truly understand ADHD through our lived experience, honestly and humor.
Helping people truly understand ADHD through our lived experience, honestly and humor.
People Reached
K+
Talks Delivered
+
Events Hosted
+
Ready to bring You, Me & ADHD to your school, organisation or event?
our impact
Life Changing Conversations
Helping people feel understood through ADHD awareness, education and lived experiences.
Impact 1
Changing Stigmas Everyday
Honest conversations challenge misconseptions and create more inclusive environemnts.
Impact 1
Changing Stigmas Everyday
Honest conversations challenge misconseptions and create more inclusive environemnts.
Impact 2
Students Feel Supported
Students often connect with Ryan's story, helping them feel understood, valued and less alone in their experiences.
Impact 2
Students Feel Supported
Students often connect with Ryan's story, helping them feel understood, valued and less alone in their experiences.
Impact 3
Parents Are Understod
Parents gain practical insight into ADHD, leaving wit greater understanding, confiodence, and reassurance.
Impact 3
Parents Are Understod
Parents gain practical insight into ADHD, leaving wit greater understanding, confiodence, and reassurance.
Impact 4
Professionals Gain Insight
Teachers and professionals learn what ADHD really feels like, improving support beyond labels and assumptions.
Impact 4
Professionals Gain Insight
Teachers and professionals learn what ADHD really feels like, improving support beyond labels and assumptions.
Seamless integration with expert guidance
Client INSIGHTS
Client INSIGHTS
What Our Clients Say
What Our Clients Say
How our clients transform growth with advanced solutions . And here's exactly how they did it.
“The impact Ryan has through sharing his lived experience is huge. Students who often feel misunderstood could finally see someone who had been through similar struggles.”
School Staff Member
“Ryan’s talk was incredibly powerful and engaging. The students related immediately to his story and it opened up important conversations around ADHD and mental health.”
Education Professional
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan’s honesty and humour made such a difference. Parents in the room felt understood and supported. The feedback from families has been amazing.”
SEND Family Organisation
"His story is relatable and informative. I reached out after the event to see if he could share some strategies on how to handle young people with ADHD and hes provided great hints and tips."
Ryan Dickinson
"Ryan is an inspiration, using his first hand experiences of ADHD and to help educate, support, and raise the profile of ADHD awareness and support within education!"
Life Skills Hub Limited
"Ryan delivered an incredibly powerful and moving talk about ADHD. It was deeply personal, honest and raw in a way that really connected with everyone in the room."
The Glowstick Project
"As a parent to a neurodivergent child, it is clear very quickly that he ‘gets’ it; he has such insight, knowledge and empathy with families like ours."
Jacqui Chilcott
“Ryan’s talk was incredibly powerful and engaging. The students related immediately to his story and it opened up important conversations around ADHD and mental health.”
Education Professional
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan’s honesty and humour made such a difference. Parents in the room felt understood and supported. The feedback from families has been amazing.”
SEND Family Organisation
"His story is relatable and informative. I reached out after the event to see if he could share some strategies on how to handle young people with ADHD and hes provided great hints and tips."
Ryan Dickinson
“The impact Ryan has through sharing his lived experience is huge. Students who often feel misunderstood could finally see someone who had been through similar struggles.”
School Staff Member
"Ryan is an inspiration, using his first hand experiences of ADHD and to help educate, support, and raise the profile of ADHD awareness and support within education!"
Life Skills Hub Limited
"Ryan delivered an incredibly powerful and moving talk about ADHD. It was deeply personal, honest and raw in a way that really connected with everyone in the room."
The Glowstick Project
"As a parent to a neurodivergent child, it is clear very quickly that he ‘gets’ it; he has such insight, knowledge and empathy with families like ours."
Jacqui Chilcott
“The impact Ryan has through sharing his lived experience is huge. Students who often feel misunderstood could finally see someone who had been through similar struggles.”
School Staff Member
“Ryan’s talk was incredibly powerful and engaging. The students related immediately to his story and it opened up important conversations around ADHD and mental health.”
Education Professional
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan’s honesty and humour made such a difference. Parents in the room felt understood and supported. The feedback from families has been amazing.”
SEND Family Organisation
"His story is relatable and informative. I reached out after the event to see if he could share some strategies on how to handle young people with ADHD and hes provided great hints and tips."
Ryan Dickinson
"Ryan is an inspiration, using his first hand experiences of ADHD and to help educate, support, and raise the profile of ADHD awareness and support within education!"
Life Skills Hub Limited
"Ryan delivered an incredibly powerful and moving talk about ADHD. It was deeply personal, honest and raw in a way that really connected with everyone in the room."
The Glowstick Project
"As a parent to a neurodivergent child, it is clear very quickly that he ‘gets’ it; he has such insight, knowledge and empathy with families like ours."
Jacqui Chilcott
UNDERSTANDING ADHD
Understanding
ADHD
Beyond Stereotypes
ADHD is more than being distracted or hyperactive. Explore defenitions, realities, challanges and strengths of ADHD through clear, and practical information.
TRUSTED BY SCHOOLS, FAMILIES & ORGANISATIONS
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Add layers or components to infinitely loop on your page.
Ryan's ADHD Journey
Three friends with a shared passion for AI met at Stanford's AI Lab. After countless coffee-fueled coding sessions, we got into YC's Winter '20 batch. Today, backed by Silicon Valley's finest, we're making AI accessible to businesses worldwide.
ADHD DEFENITIONS
ADHD Is More Than Just a Label
ADHD affects how people focus, process emotions, manage energy and experience the world around them.
What is ADHD?
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain manages attention, emotions, impulses and stimulation. It's not laziness, it's not bad parenting, and not simply "bad behaviour".
Common ADHD Challanges
Common experiences may include: • Difficulty focusing • Restlessness and hyperactivity • Impulsivity • Emotional intensity • Time blindness • Difficulty organising tasks • Rejection sensitivity
Common ADHD strengths
However ADHD also comes with many strengths, including: • Creativity • Energy • Problem solving ability • Hyperfocus • Big thinking • Entrepreneurial mindset
Still have questions?
Common ADHD Misconseptions
Three friends with a shared passion for AI met at Stanford's AI Lab. After countless coffee-fueled coding sessions, we got into YC's Winter '20 batch. Today, backed by Silicon Valley's finest, we're making AI accessible to businesses worldwide.
our stats
Making a Real Difference
Helping people truly understand ADHD through our lived experience, honestly and humor.
People Reached
K+
Talks Delivered
+
Events Hosted
+
Ready to bring You, Me & ADHD to your school, organisation or event?
our impact
Life Changing Conversations
Helping people feel understood through ADHD awareness, education and lived experiences.
Impact 1
Changing Stigmas Everyday
Honest conversations challenge misconseptions and create more inclusive environemnts.
Impact 2
Students Feel Supported
Students often connect with Ryan's story, helping them feel understood, valued and less alone in their experiences.
Impact 3
Parents Are Understod
Parents gain practical insight into ADHD, leaving wit greater understanding, confiodence, and reassurance.
Impact 4
Professionals Gain Insight
Teachers and professionals learn what ADHD really feels like, improving support beyond labels and assumptions.
Seamless integration with expert guidance
Client INSIGHTS
What Our Clients Say
How our clients transform growth with advanced solutions . And here's exactly how they did it.
“The impact Ryan has through sharing his lived experience is huge. Students who often feel misunderstood could finally see someone who had been through similar struggles.”
School Staff Member
“Ryan’s talk was incredibly powerful and engaging. The students related immediately to his story and it opened up important conversations around ADHD and mental health.”
Education Professional
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan’s honesty and humour made such a difference. Parents in the room felt understood and supported. The feedback from families has been amazing.”
SEND Family Organisation
"His story is relatable and informative. I reached out after the event to see if he could share some strategies on how to handle young people with ADHD and hes provided great hints and tips."
Ryan Dickinson
"Ryan is an inspiration, using his first hand experiences of ADHD and to help educate, support, and raise the profile of ADHD awareness and support within education!"
Life Skills Hub Limited
"Ryan delivered an incredibly powerful and moving talk about ADHD. It was deeply personal, honest and raw in a way that really connected with everyone in the room."
The Glowstick Project
"As a parent to a neurodivergent child, it is clear very quickly that he ‘gets’ it; he has such insight, knowledge and empathy with families like ours."
Jacqui Chilcott
“The impact Ryan has through sharing his lived experience is huge. Students who often feel misunderstood could finally see someone who had been through similar struggles.”
School Staff Member
“Ryan’s talk was incredibly powerful and engaging. The students related immediately to his story and it opened up important conversations around ADHD and mental health.”
Education Professional
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan’s honesty and humour made such a difference. Parents in the room felt understood and supported. The feedback from families has been amazing.”
SEND Family Organisation
"His story is relatable and informative. I reached out after the event to see if he could share some strategies on how to handle young people with ADHD and hes provided great hints and tips."
Ryan Dickinson
"Ryan is an inspiration, using his first hand experiences of ADHD and to help educate, support, and raise the profile of ADHD awareness and support within education!"
Life Skills Hub Limited
"Ryan delivered an incredibly powerful and moving talk about ADHD. It was deeply personal, honest and raw in a way that really connected with everyone in the room."
The Glowstick Project
"As a parent to a neurodivergent child, it is clear very quickly that he ‘gets’ it; he has such insight, knowledge and empathy with families like ours."
Jacqui Chilcott
“The impact Ryan has through sharing his lived experience is huge. Students who often feel misunderstood could finally see someone who had been through similar struggles.”
School Staff Member
“Ryan’s talk was incredibly powerful and engaging. The students related immediately to his story and it opened up important conversations around ADHD and mental health.”
Education Professional
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan’s honesty and humour made such a difference. Parents in the room felt understood and supported. The feedback from families has been amazing.”
SEND Family Organisation
"His story is relatable and informative. I reached out after the event to see if he could share some strategies on how to handle young people with ADHD and hes provided great hints and tips."
Ryan Dickinson
"Ryan is an inspiration, using his first hand experiences of ADHD and to help educate, support, and raise the profile of ADHD awareness and support within education!"
Life Skills Hub Limited
"Ryan delivered an incredibly powerful and moving talk about ADHD. It was deeply personal, honest and raw in a way that really connected with everyone in the room."
The Glowstick Project
"As a parent to a neurodivergent child, it is clear very quickly that he ‘gets’ it; he has such insight, knowledge and empathy with families like ours."
Jacqui Chilcott
“The impact Ryan has through sharing his lived experience is huge. Students who often feel misunderstood could finally see someone who had been through similar struggles.”
School Staff Member
“Ryan’s talk was incredibly powerful and engaging. The students related immediately to his story and it opened up important conversations around ADHD and mental health.”
Education Professional
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan was absolutely fantastic. Informative, relatable and inspiring. We would love to welcome him back again in the future.”
Community Hub Event
“Ryan’s honesty and humour made such a difference. Parents in the room felt understood and supported. The feedback from families has been amazing.”
SEND Family Organisation
"His story is relatable and informative. I reached out after the event to see if he could share some strategies on how to handle young people with ADHD and hes provided great hints and tips."
Ryan Dickinson
"Ryan is an inspiration, using his first hand experiences of ADHD and to help educate, support, and raise the profile of ADHD awareness and support within education!"
Life Skills Hub Limited
"Ryan delivered an incredibly powerful and moving talk about ADHD. It was deeply personal, honest and raw in a way that really connected with everyone in the room."
The Glowstick Project
"As a parent to a neurodivergent child, it is clear very quickly that he ‘gets’ it; he has such insight, knowledge and empathy with families like ours."
Jacqui Chilcott
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Let's Start The Conversation
Got a question, interested in a talk, or want to learn more? Get in touch and we'll be happy top help.
10,000+ People Reached