Peter Clarke ADHD Matters

26/07/2026

As ADHD diagnoses have risen, have workplaces caught up with the needs of the workforce?

22/07/2026

How ADHD affects one person isn’t the same as another. Having a high speed brain that gets bored easily doesn’t stop you having responsibilities. Many many people with ADHD hold down full time jobs and can achieve things. Most in fact. Most of the fellow ADHDers I meet are at work.
It’s a fact that many ADHDers are extremely successful, because they learned strategies to cope with the issues they were facing

17/06/2026

07/06/2026

ADHD is a funny thing.
It makes my life harder and I often find my self-perception is a long way from the way others see me.
I get bored quickly. I rarely finish artistic creative projects, but always finish academic ones, or ones attached to remuneration.
It’s a matter of priorities I guess.
Amazing how self disciplined one can be when money is involved.
I genuinely think the rigid discipline of the Army served me well.
Why?
Because if I had to do something there were consequences if I didn’t.
I could get charged and put in Military Jail with no pay.
Like passing promotion exams, there’s incentive.
I guess what I am trying to say is that many ADHDers tell themselves their ADHD is a disability they can blame for a lack of success.
What I am saying is that it’s not the ADHD that’s stopping them, it’s a lack of an effective strategy

07/06/2026

Feeling different is definitely something ADHDers feel intensely

The parts of ourselves we try hardest to hide often become the source of our greatest gifts.

Stephen Fry’s reflection is a reminder that insecurity, shame, loneliness, and feeling different can shape us in ways we only understand later. What once felt like a burden can become the path to creativity, wisdom, empathy, and purpose.

Not every struggle deserves gratitude. But sometimes the things that nearly break us also help make us.

27/05/2026

What is sad is that with all we know today about the need for appropriate support, schools are still stuck in old ways and don't properly understand how to motivate neuro-diverse pupils. Kids are still being excluded and let down by the systems

27/05/2026

I love Arnie

27/05/2026

27/05/2026