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Want to know if something is ADHD friendly?
🕑 Added 2022-05-10 04:50:14 +0000 UTCHello Brains! We've got a video coming out tomorrow defining "ADHD friendly" and this is a rubric we're developing to help people evaluate the products & services they use BEFORE they buy them.
Everyone spends resources (time, money, energy, etc.) on products or services that don’t work out the way they had hoped. But those of us with ADHD do that a LOT.
Partly because we’re trying to manage our ADHD challenges -- and many products make shiny promises to help us do that -- and partly because our ADHD challenges get in the way.
This tool is meant to help those of us with ADHD and other executive function challenges make better decisions about which products, tools, and services to invest our resources in.
How?
By educating our gut.
At the end of the day, there are too many factors involved to create a perfect formula of whether or not something will work for those of us with ADHD. What works for one person may not work for another. So our instincts on whether or not something is worth trying, our gut reaction, is often our best guide.
It helps if those instincts are informed by research. So we did some research for you! And created this checklist to go through and help your gut decide if something is worth trying.
Disclaimer
This is only a beta test and our very first version. This is NOT the full test. New sections will be added that will give you a more in-depth view of the product or service you're reviewing. We have decided to release and test it one small section at a time so we can improve as we go. Please keep that in mind as you run through the beta version.
There will be a short, optional feedback section at the end to help us improve this assessment even further. Let us know what you think!
Comments
Clayton Miller
Of planer apps the best one I have stuck to using is a mixture of Notion and Sunsama. Sunsama is a day planner that makes it easy for me to drag & drop elements from all over into a centralized location.
Linda Fisher
whoops. … has been learning .what my strengths are.
Linda Fisher
It’s funny, but I started reviewing the CliftonStrengths Assessment and then realized it’s not the kind of product the survey was built for. I spent so many years trying to shore up my weaknesses, I lost sight of my strengths. My best management tools for ADHD has
Ryan Snead
I also wonder if it would be helpful once it's been refined a bit to put it in app form. Might be easier to remember its there if we occasionally see the app in our app drawers or home screens. I guess for now, I'll bookmark it in my browser and hope I remember it's there so I'll come back and try it again.
Ryan Snead
It's interesting that the rubric (as of 5/10/2022) has a lot of questions related to whether or not the product or service will be an aid to managing your ADHD. Sometimes a product has little to do with managing or treating ADHD but it should still be ADHD friendly. The test product I used was a watchband I recently purchased because I was looking for something more comfortable to wear than the one that comes with my watch. Maybe ADHD friendliness isn't relevant here, but maybe it is. I wasn't sure going into the rubric because I was just trying it out for the first time. I'm not entirely sure I wouldn't try it out with other products that might not fit because the rubric is kinda long and it's hard to remember right now exactly what it covered and what it said. (Working memory issues?)
The best "planner" I've ever used was Darren Hardy's simple "Sunday Planning System". I'll put a link below for it. It's FREE and to be honest, I've just adopted it and use any piece of paper OR even a 3x5 note card. I did like Mel Robbins original 5 Second Planner but since they've updated it and removed the "brain dump" doodling section, I stopped using it. I need something simple and that's easy to keep with me. Apps on my phone normally distract me because they're on my phone and well, you know, ADHD... Here's the link for the free planning system. https://go.darrenhardy.com/sunday-planning/
How to ADHD
Yes!! That's the hope!
Koen Smeulders
I'm been disilusioned enough with planner apps and task trackers that I'm actually considering making my own now if I ever get around to learning enough mobile development... Something like this would be a great help so I don't get my hopes up for every thing I think could help but turns out, it doesn't... 😏
