Your Story Matters
Share Your Story Anytime
We’re building a collective picture of how ADHD-related harm shows up in real life — to help people understand what’s happening across systems, and what needs to change. You can also read some of the stories already shared here.
If you’ve lived it, you’re welcome to add your voice here at any time. You can share your story or thoughts with your name, under initials, or completely anonymously.
Your words will join others in showing what’s happening in real life, and help build visibility with the public and Parliament.
What Can You Write About?
Your story can be short or long. You might want to share:
- Feeling dismissed, misjudged, or misdiagnosed
- Delays in accessing assessment or support
- Challenges navigating school, work, health, or justice systems
- Burnout, masking, shame, or being labelled wrongly
- Parenting a neurodivergent child while unpacking your own ADHD
- What helped, or what was missing
This isn’t about proving anything. It’s about naming what’s been lived and lost.
What Will Happen to My Story?
These stories are being collected as part of ADHD Inquiry NZ, a community-led effort focused on understanding and documenting ADHD-related harm in Aotearoa.
The petition has now been submitted to Parliament and is under review by the Petitions Committee. While we don’t control that process, this space exists so people can still be heard and share their experiences. Whether or not an inquiry goes ahead, this space ensures your story can still be shared and valued. You can also read some of the stories already shared here.
If you choose to share your story publicly, it may be:
- Published on this website (anonymously or with your name, depending on what you’ve selected)
- May be included (with permission) in awareness materials or campaign summaries
- Referenced (with permission) in any supporting documents submitted to Parliament, if such submissions are allowed
The Select Committee may or may not accept additional documents as part of its process. If it does, we’ll try to include selected stories with permission. Either way, sharing them here does not depend on that process.
If a public inquiry is launched in future, people may be able to submit their own stories directly to Parliament.
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