The ADHD Diaries: A Multimedia Project
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The ADHD Diaries is a multimedia group project created to raise awareness and provide support for women navigating the challenges of ADHD. The project is composed of a mini documentary, news story, audio podcast, photo essay, infographic, and website, all which were executed by a group of three members.
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My main responsibilities included editing the mini documentary, creating and editing the audio podcast, and revising scripts for all video content.
Mini Documentary
See the written article on FIU Caplin News here.
Podcast
Listen to both podcast episodes on SoundCloud.
Episode 1: ADHD vs ADD with Yairi Lorenzo
Welcome to our debut! In this episode, our host Alessandra Henriquez sits down with Yairi Lorenzo, a female FIU student diagnosed with ADD, as she shares how her condition has shaped her college experience, the differences between ADD and ADHD, and the challenges she faced receiving accommodations after transferring colleges.
Episode 2: Discussing ADHD Accommodations with Stephen Loynaz
In this podcast episode, Stephen Loynaz, the Access Consultant Manager of FIU's Disability Resource Center (DRC), discusses what accommodations are available to college students with ADHD as well as how students can access them. Together with our host, he also investigates statistics on the population of students with ADHD at FIU and speaks on what the university is doing to improve accessibility services for students overall.