Attention Disorders Association of South Australia

ADASA is a not-for-profit, incorporated association, and is wholly run by a group of volunteers who form the ADASA Board. We have no on-going sources of funding, although we have received generous one-off grants from Levi Strauss, the Department of Human Services and Neways and currently have a small 3-year grant from DHS to cover basic administration and information services.

We support local agencies such as schools and clinics to provide a service for people who have ADHD and their families and/or carers in their local area.

We publish a quarterly newsletter, the ADDNEWS, collect, write and distribute articles and publish the ‘ADASA Directory of Services' and 'ADHD: A Resource for Teachers'. Our library of books and videos is available at DIRC, 195 Gilles St, Adelaide.

ADASA works with the Departments of Education and Mental Health to improve government services. We provide seminars and workshops for carers and support workers and conferences for teachers and health workers.

In 1999 ADASA won a Silver Award from the Mental Health Services Conference Inc. of Australia & New Zealand, (the largest mental health conference in the Southern Hemisphere), for our work on behalf of people with ADHD and their families and/or carers.

You can support us by becoming a member, volunteering to help out, or making a donation.