Claire Sibonney

Wesley Jackson Wade is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who practices in Durham, North Carolina. Wade was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia in 2020, after years of grappling with the symptoms of those conditions. Now Wade counsels Black youth and adults to help identify neurological conditions. | EAMON QUEENEY/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Underdiagnosed and undertreated, young Black males with ADHD get left behind

Young Black males are 60% less likely than white boys to be correctly diagnosed with ADHD

Nov 9, 2023

Miché Aaron struggled in the doctoral program until she was diagnosed with ADHD but is now thriving academically./Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University

With A Diagnosis At Last, Black Women With ADHD Start Healing

Already subject to unique discrimination at the intersection of gender and race, Black women with ADHD often remain undiagnosed because their symptoms are mischaracterized.

Jul 20, 2021

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