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The article reports on British Young Pilots (BYP), a scheme teaching aviation skills to 11 to 16-year-olds, which has grown from 10 to 2,000 pupils in under two years, with 10% identifying as neurodivergent. Founder Patrick Tame, diagnosed with ADHD himself 18 months ago, s...

Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, was quoted in the article and provided background information.

Channel 4 aired a documentary on Tuesday evening called The Great ADHD Myth?, hosted by NHS psychiatrist Max Pemberton. The programme argues that th...

An ADHD charity, ADHD UK, led by Henry Shelford, has complained to Ofcom about Channel 4’s documentary The Great ADHD Myth?, broadcast on Tuesday and presented by NHS psychiatrist Dr Max Pemberton. The programme concluded that ADHD is “a social construct, not a disorder of ...

This Reddit thread shares a HuffPost UK article titled “Channel 4’s Great ADHD Myth Documentary Dramatically Divides Viewers,” which quotes Henry saying “We are shocked by this programme.” The post is tagged as a Rant/Vent and has 41 upvotes and 65 comments. The top comment po...

Channel 4’s new documentary ‘The Great ADHD Myth’ questions whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder or just a social construct. This has caused a strong and angry response from parts of the ADHD community – including an open letter from ADHD UK address...