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Post by roland on Jan 13, 2017 16:44:14 GMT
Hi Everybody,
BBC Horizon is making a documentary about ADHD. This documentary will have 2 distinct strands and so they are looking for two different groups of people as follows:
Call out #1 “Does your child have ADHD? BBC Horizon is making a documentary exploring ADHD, aiming to create a wider public understanding of the condition. Presented by Rory Bremner, a comedian with a particular interest in ADHD, we are hoping to shed light on this commonly misunderstood condition.
We want to meet parents of children with ADHD who can tell us about what life’s like; and to also hear from your child about their own experience of the condition. If you’re interested, please get in touch with Zoe on zoe.huntergordon@bbc.co.uk, just for a chat in the first instance. We’d be very pleased to hear your story.
Call out #2
“Do you have ADHD? Do you feel it has it impacted your life?
BBC Horizon is making a documentary exploring ADHD, looking at the variety of ways that mild to severe ADHD can impact people’s lives in both a negative and or even positive way: with the aim of to increasing public understanding of this condition. It will be presented by Rory Bremner, a comedian who has first-hand experience of the condition. For a specific item of the programme, we want to hear from people with ADHD who feel their condition might have contributed to them entering the criminal justice system. Please do get in touch if you think this is you. In the first instance, it would just be a chat on the phone – you do not need to commit to anything upfront. We appreciate the sensitive nature of the subject, and will handle all calls with the utmost confidentiality and respect.
We are interested by the fact that ADHD is overrepresented in the prison population, and are interested in speaking with people who feel as though their ADHD may have contributed to their criminal behaviour. We hope that by sharing your story, we can help to shed light on this commonly misunderstood disorder. If you're interested, please get in touch with Zoe on zoe.huntergordon@bbc.co.uk: just for a chat in the first instance.”
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Post by jonbob on Jan 13, 2017 17:06:01 GMT
So kids and criminals?
Not sure that's going to do much to raise awareness and create further understanding is it?
Someone might want to have a word with Zoe and try to get her to include the countless 'average' people who have to live with this condition on a daily basis. It has a capacity to impact on people's lives beyond ones attitudes towards criminal behaviour.
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Post by easilydistracted on Jan 13, 2017 22:26:29 GMT
But that would be boring!
I mean, who wants to watch outwardly normal people try to organise their lives, hold down jobs and quietly struggle with the everyday tasks that most people take for granted?
Charicatures and stereotypes make for much more sensational telly!
Dude, don't think about the educational possibilities, think of the ratings!
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Post by vagueandrandom on Jan 13, 2017 23:42:15 GMT
Also . .has anyone considered that a lot of us have problems using the phone?
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Post by chickster on Feb 6, 2017 17:21:12 GMT
Very noble & all that but there is NO WAY I would come out publically as having this. Because it WILL be used against me at some point. Anyone here can tell you though
It is GENETIC It is nothing to do with diet or exercise. Exercise does NOT 'cure' it. Or even help much, except temporarily. It doesnt go away as you grow up (it just gets different) It has nothing to do with electronics or not being outside. Being outside is nice & all that but doesnt substantially improve it. It has nothing to do with having a mother that drinks or smokes (well mine didnt anyway)
As for the prison population, well a life with ADHD is a life spent being punished by people that dont have it because you are constantly doing things they dont understand (or not doing things you should). School isnt a safe haven & parents are not usually very patient. So theres a pretty good chance your upbringing has been less than ideal with one ADHD parent who hasnt achieved what they wanted & parents who are fed up with your naughty behaviour & will try anything to stop it not realising that punishing you has the opposite effect. School will have involved humiliation (a particular non favourite of people with this) & possibly not much learning once it gets dull & wholly classroom based, & theres a good chance you will have been ostracised by many of your classmates. By then many people will just be thinking 'sod it, might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb' & will feel that they are never going to fit in so why try?
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Post by Anne-Marie on Feb 10, 2017 0:12:12 GMT
I couldn't agree more!
My daughter and I both have ADHD!
Organisation is a nightmare for both of us.
Both of us have suffered severe mental health difficulties because of the ADHD - my daughter's reckless impulsivity has led to 8 overdoses. I was coping with it until my fuckwit of a husband decided he was gay, ran off with a toy boy half his age (same age as our kids) and told my family about my abuse as a child the day after my daughter's 8th overdose and the day before he was made redundant! Then I crashed and burnt big time -still not recovered!
But they will take the slant that they want to take!
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Post by shazza on Mar 2, 2017 22:18:22 GMT
Sounds very biased! don't we get enough stick for having something that apparantly doesn't exist? So now they're going to change the publics perception it does exist and makes you a criminal! No wonder I never tell people I have it!
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Post by blaze on Mar 8, 2017 11:35:42 GMT
Anyone in the public eye with a 'particular interest' in something like adhd creeps me out. Unless they have it themselves. Or their kids do. In which case be honest about it rather than expecting others to put their life's oit their for you.
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Post by roland on Mar 8, 2017 11:55:34 GMT
Here is a talk Rory Bremner did on BBC Radio 4 after his own ADHD diagnosis. Rory visits an ADHD support group founded by Gary Sendall who got his first criminal offence just after he was 10 years old (unfortunately some people with undiagnosed ADHD do end up in prison). Gary talks about how the diagnosis has changed his life for the better and also how he has been running the support group for 6 years: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011c0nnIt's a fascinating programme.
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Post by blaze on Mar 8, 2017 14:45:40 GMT
Then he should be honest about his reasons for doing the program rather than 'special interest' or whatever that sounds creepy.
Big difference between I have adhd so am looking into others experiences as well & 'special interest' which is cringeworthy
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Post by roland on Mar 8, 2017 15:03:44 GMT
Hi blaze,
The op contains the BBC's standard PR blurb (and unfortunately that is how many publicists speak and write) about the upcoming programme and not Rory Bremner's own words. Rory Bremner is doing a lot of work campaigning to help raise awareness of ADHD.
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Post by toastees on Mar 16, 2017 12:36:53 GMT
My god, so much negative talk here. If you want to make a contribution, contact the BBC and explain your point of view. If they're not interested, fine, then you have an opportunity to do your own educational work by talking to people you know about your condition. There's no need to get angry or be on the defensive. Just do your little bit, locally. If we all do that, we affect people globally.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Apr 24, 2017 12:28:52 GMT
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Post by dan1823 on Apr 25, 2017 19:11:41 GMT
Looking forward to this. I hope they talk about normal people too.
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Post by kilgoretrout on Apr 26, 2017 8:42:48 GMT
Did anyone watch this? I found it disheartening and slightly enraging. Apparently we are delinquents, shark fodder or criminals (and impersonators). We're an evolutionary throwback that can't/won't fit in to modern society. We're to be pitied and medicated. Bremner came across as a blithering idiot and the specialists sold us out by reinforcing stereotypes and continually referring to the condition as an 'attention' problem.
I've frequently found Horizon to be shallow and lacking in substance. It usually doesn't matter, but I actually got officially diagnosed with ADHD yesterday finally and to see this the same day was really disheartening.
Personally i think ADHD folk have more to offer to modern society than most neurotypical folks since, when our personalities are harnessed properly, we are very creative, able to make connections between things that others can't and have a much broader perspective on the world.
Hang you heads in shame BBC.
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Post by vagueandrandom on Apr 26, 2017 10:08:58 GMT
Hi kilgoretrout Hmmm. . Well it was better than I expected after the original call-out . . I've never been a fan of Rory Bremner's act, but he's been great to raise awareness and the programme was factual and scientific, if a bit simplistic . . . There's really too much to cover in an hour. .I would have liked more depth about aspects other than concentration and hyperactivity. . .but then, the title was "ADHD and Me" . .so I guess it was mainly a personal story. . At the same time as broadcasting Horizon there was a piece, also with Rory Bremner on Radio 4's All in the Mind www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n2wczabout 'adult' ADHD, which actually made me more angry because they spent most of the time claiming 'proof' that a lot of children grow out of ADHD and that adult onset of ADHD is common . .they can't back up their claim beyond one study, and although it's discussed that children are assessed by reports from parents and teachers and adults more often self-report . .(who knows their brain best?) they still claim late onset and recovery are common. . I must stop ranting. .
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Post by roland on May 4, 2017 7:40:16 GMT
Just came across the following statistics on the NHS Choices website:
The BBC Two documentary ‘Horizon: ADHD and Me with Rory Bremner’ led to an increase in visits to related pages. The ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) introduction’ page saw a 69% increase in traffic to total 18,967, with 27% of the weekly total occurring the day the programme aired. Visits to the ‘symptoms’ page rose by 76% to 17,927, while the ‘diagnosis’ page saw a 64% increase in visits.
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Post by stresshead75 on May 12, 2017 7:00:50 GMT
Hi, I thought that program with Rory Bremner was pretty interesting, a few things hit home for me, my OH thought it was very good and it highlighted a few things she puts up with 24/7 with me!!!!!!!!!
SH75
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