ADHD Awareness Month 2025: an expert contribution on social challenges in adults with ADHD

Assoc. Prof. Ali Kandeğer contributed as an expert to ADHD Awareness Month, run by ADDA, CHADD and the ADHD Coaches Organization, for its October 2025 theme “The Many Faces of ADHD”.

His question-and-answer piece on why adults with ADHD can find social situations harder, and what helps, was published on the campaign’s website. It explains that social challenges arise from the interplay between individual differences in executive functions and everyday social skills and the reactions of others, and discusses social cognition, empathy and social anxiety alongside findings from Kandeğer’s study with the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.

A Turkish adaptation of the piece is in the Articles section of this site.