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‘We’re missing the girls’: Why women with ADHD are still slipping through the cracks

News article | Dec. 3, 2021 | Published on The Raging Twenties

The first thing Alex Neufeldt, 25, does in the morning is take her daily dose of Concerta, a small blue pill that contains a low dose of 27 milligrams of the stimulant methylphenidate. After, she continues her day as a business owner and student at Ottawa’s Richard Robinson Academy of Fashion Design.

To further keep herself on track, Neufeldt routinely consults calendar reminders, phone notifications and detailed to-do lists.

Although these organizational skills are practiced by many, they especially help Neufeldt manage her responsibilities as someone who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

‘Nothing about us without us’: Scholars weigh in on key legal issues facing trans people in Canada

News article | Nov. 26, 2021 | Published on The Raging Twenties

Trans-rights scholars and advocates stepped up their criticism of Canada’s legal landscape on Friday, acknowledging the fight for basic human rights has created “huge fatigue.”

The panel discussion, hosted by the University of Ottawa’s Public Law Centre, comes at a time of heightened controversy after the Québec government introduced a bill seeking to limit the ability to change sex identification documents to only those who have undergone gender-confirmation surgery.