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What to do while the diagnosis takes its sweet time — practical steps for getting your child support now, label or no label.
Right now, well over 800,000 people in England are waiting for an NHS ADHD assessment. Children's waits typically run from six months to three years; for adults it can stretch to two, five, even ten years in some areas. Somewhere in that number is you, checking the post and your phone what number are you now? chasing the SENCO, googling symptoms at 11pm, and being told to "wait and see."
Here's the thing nobody tells you: your child doesn't need a diagnosis to get support. They need it today, and the label if and when it arrives can catch up later.
How to get your child support at home and at school before any diagnosis exists label or no label
What "Right to Choose" is, and how it can shorten the wait
Scripts for talking to schools, GPs, and SENCOs without a diagnosis in hand
How to build a paper trail that actually helps your case
What changes once the assessment happens and what stays the same either way
A reminder, in writing, that you're not overreacting and you're not alone
Parents and carers in the UK who suspect ADHD in their child (or themselves), who've been referred or are about to be, and who are tired of being told there's nothing to do until the letter arrives.
Written by ADHD in Practice Janine Nesbitt honest, neuroaffirming support for ADHD families, without the jargon or the guilt.
What to do while the diagnosis takes its sweet time — practical steps for getting your child support now, label or no label.
Right now, well over 800,000 people in England are waiting for an NHS ADHD assessment. Children's waits typically run from six months to three years; for adults it can stretch to two, five, even ten years in some areas. Somewhere in that number is you, checking the post and your phone what number are you now? chasing the SENCO, googling symptoms at 11pm, and being told to "wait and see."
Here's the thing nobody tells you: your child doesn't need a diagnosis to get support. They need it today, and the label if and when it arrives can catch up later.
How to get your child support at home and at school before any diagnosis exists label or no label
What "Right to Choose" is, and how it can shorten the wait
Scripts for talking to schools, GPs, and SENCOs without a diagnosis in hand
How to build a paper trail that actually helps your case
What changes once the assessment happens and what stays the same either way
A reminder, in writing, that you're not overreacting and you're not alone
Parents and carers in the UK who suspect ADHD in their child (or themselves), who've been referred or are about to be, and who are tired of being told there's nothing to do until the letter arrives.
Written by ADHD in Practice Janine Nesbitt honest, neuroaffirming support for ADHD families, without the jargon or the guilt.