ADHD Scot was founded after a genuine gap in coverage became impossible to ignore. Our founder (who has chosen to remain anonymous so the site stays as impartial as possible) is a late-diagnosed person with ADHD and autism (an 'AuDHDer') who works in Scottish education and has experienced first-hand the struggles of navigating diagnosis for children, young people, and adults through both NHS and private pathways.
The core problem is fragmentation. Useful information about ADHD and autism in Scotland is scattered across forums, TikTok comment sections, Facebook groups, individual clinic websites, and word of mouth. Much of it is written for England, not Scotland. That fragmentation creates decision fatigue at exactly the moment people can least afford it.
How do you choose a private provider when the NHS waiting list is years long? What criteria matter? What do the regulations actually say about what a clinic must do? What happens after a diagnosis, and why might your GP decline to continue prescribing? ADHD Scot brings those answers together, calmly and clearly, in one place.