Couple is calling for better access to ADHD assessments as son waits and waits [Video]

A New Brunswick couple who say they have been trying to have their son assessed for ADHD for years without success are calling for better access to these types of testing so that he can get the help he needs to succeed in school.

Grade 2 student Riley Holloran loves school, and while the 8-year-old enjoys reading, his report cards show he struggles with other subjects like math.

“He has a very hard time staying focused, staying still, regulating his emotions,” said his mother, Laura Murray, of Irishtown, N.B.

“He has outbursts, so he’s a little distracting to the class as well, which is difficult.”

She says school officials flagged that he may have ADHD when he was in kindergarten.

But two years later, he still hasn’t had an assessment, which could give him access to resources to manage the diagnosis, including medication or additional classroom support.

Four years after …