Henry Shelford, CEO and Co-Founder of ADHD UK, speaks to Ed James on BBC Radio WM about Conservative Party plans to save £2.8 billion by restricting disability payments for children with conditions such as ADHD.

Henry says people with ADHD are too often the target of cuts because of stigma and a lack of understanding, and asks for the support to be put in place first, so that the money is no longer needed. He explains that the benefit bill is picking up the cost of NHS failure, with the longest wait for a child’s ADHD assessment now over 18 years, and that ADHD is not a deficit of attention but a lack of control of it.

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