About The Author

My name is Bridget and I am currently a senior in high school. I have been a Girl Scout since Kindergarten. When I was in middle school, Covid-19 hit, and everyone was in quarantine. During quarantine, my grades fell markedly in a short period of time. I went from being a straight A student who was always on top of things to a student who could barely get work turned in at all, nevermind on time. I considered the possibility of having ADHD to help explain the reason for my drastic fall from grace; however, most of my teachers believed firmly that I did not possess the symptoms of ADHD. I decided to take a diagnostic test anyway, and came back with a 99.9% chance of having ADHD. I believe now that my teachers did not fully understand the mental disorder, especially how it presents itself in girls as compared to boys. As I continued, I realized just how rampant a lack of education regarding ADHD was. As such, when I was brainstorming what to do my Girl Scout Gold Award project on, the answer became clear to me. I needed to provide a website with resources for individuals seeking answers about what ADHD is, what the symptoms are, how to get diagnosed, what treatment options there are, and tips for managing ADHD on a daily basis.This website contains a lot of the basic information regarding the mental disorder. Spreading awareness and accurate information regarding the simpler aspects of ADHD is the essential first task in building up public knowledge on ADHD. From there, it will be possible to add onto the foundations of public knowledge with a more complex understanding of ADHD to help both the individuals possessing the disorder to have a better quality of life, as well as those around them having a more advanced understanding of their peers. Overall, I hope this project will help to be a stepping stone to advance public awareness, recognition, and understanding of ADHD and make life better for everyone. I am proud to have this website help other people as my Girl Scout Gold Award. This award is the highest award a Girl Scout can receive from Girl Scouts of the USA. The requirements include finding an issue that needs to be addressed in her community, taking action to research and implement the project, having a local and/or global link and having a sustainable impact. Each Girl Scout expends at least 80 hours on her project. My project exceeded this minimum amount. For more information about Girl Scouts see www.girlscouts.org.