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title: "Living with ADHD - Debbie's Story"
url: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/neurodivergence/adhd/living-with-adhd'
markdown: 'https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/neurodivergence/adhd/living-with-adhd.md'
date: '2026-04-20'
description: 'In this 4-minute film, Debbie explains the difficulties she had in school before she received a diagnosis, and the impact of masking her ADHD. Debbie belongs to ADHD Babes, a support group for Black women and Black non-binary people of African-Caribbean descent with ADHD.'
taxonomy:
  category:
    - Neurodivergence
  tag:
    - ADHD
    - 'Lived Experience'
  type:
    - Video
  contributor:
    - 'Samantha Wrightson'
    - 'Will Fielding'
---

# Living with ADHD - Debbie's story 

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  Duration: 0h 3m 50s  Published: April 2023

 Produced and Directed by: [Will Fielding](https://nipinthebud.trilbyhost.com/about-us/authors-and-experts/will-fielding) 

In this 4-minute film, Debbie explains the difficulties she had in school before she received a diagnosis, and the impact of masking her ADHD. Debbie belongs to ADHD Babes, a support group for Black women and Black non-binary people of African-Caribbean descent with ADHD.

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