Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

'I've lost thousands because of my ADHD'


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Impulse spending, losing glasses and misinterpreting conditions on credit cards can mean a great deal of unnecessary expense for people with ADHD. Within

the community some refer to it as the "ADHD Tax". Rach Idowu from the Adulting with ADHD newsletter and Prof Amanda Kirby from the University of South Wales who is also chair of the ADHD Foundation Charity, join us.
Convicted murderer and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has left prison on parole. The BBC's South Africa correspondent Daniel De Simone speaks to Access All
from Pretoria about how the focus of the news locally is on violence against women and girls.
Is There Anybody Out There? Ella Glendining went looking for someone who has the same rare impairment as she does, and made a film about it. Find out what discoveries she made along the way.
Presented by Emma Tracey and Nikki Fox.
Recorded and mixed by Dave O'Neill.
The producers were: Beth Rose, Alex Collins and Niamh Hughes.
The editor is Damon Rose,
Senior Editor Sam Bonham.
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