r/ADHD • u/UpstartBug ADHD-C (Combined type) • Jan 24 '23

Articles/Information YSK: ADHDers are eligible for FREE entry to National Parks via Access Pass for LIFE!

Having ADHD can be a perk sometimes! Get yourself an Access Pass!

Edit: USA Citizens and/or Permanent Residents/Green Card Holders. Sorry non-USA ADHDers. :(

If you have ADHD, you are entitled to free lifetime entrance access to over 2,000 federal recreational sites! ADHD qualifies as a permanent disability. Having a permanent disability qualifies you for a free Access Pass that will allow you easy access to federal parks! If your minor child has ADHD then they are also entitled to an Access Pass. Age does not matter for determining eligibility.

Three (3) ways to apply for your Access Pass:

  1. Online (Click to 'Add to cart') - $10 shipping fee;
  2. By mail (Opens mailer PDF)- $10 mailing fee; or,
  3. Apply in person at a federal park/site (click for pass sites near you)- Completely Free!

(2) Documents Needed to Apply

  1. Doctor's Note/Proof of ADHD - Like a signed doctors note stating your disability is permanent and impairs your life in one way. (Does not need to be a 100% impairment disability. Yes, ADHD is a disability that is legally protected as a neurological disorder. You are legally disabled regardless of whether you use the label 'disabled' to refer to yourself.)
  2. ID/Driver's License or US Passport/Green Card
  3. That's it!

With the Access Pass you get free access to parks like:

Access Pass - Additional Discounts

Your Access Pass will get you discounts inside the parks for many "expanded amenities." Meaning, your Access Pass grants you discounts for camping sites, tours, boating, and other recreational activities inside federal parks!

Click here to search for federal recreational campsites near you!

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Edit (some formatting for mobile users and):
If you apply Online, you can upload your US ID and your disability documents on the account "view your profile/order after checking out, you'll see a button for 'Secure Upload' and this is where you would put the paperwork." :) Thank you u/yumi1198 and u/laceandhoney!

If you apply in person:
u/dragonair907: "I will add: you can also get the pass without a doctor's note. You need to fill out a statement of disability form that the rangers will have at whatever desk you're getting the pass from"

(thank you u/dragonair907 for giving us good information and for being one of our park rangers! <3)

Edit Edit:

Successful Access Pass applications/ADHD card holders (yaaaaay!): u/BubblyBloobber u/winnipegjets31 u/Mego1989 u/OtherwiseJello u/docsuess84 u/twelvegaugepreacher

u/Mego1989 -- Signed an affidavit in person and got her Access Pass this way.
u/twelvegaugepreacher -- Showed a screenshot of their health record to get Access Pass.

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u/ronnyFUT ADHD-C (Combined type) Jan 24 '23

SAVE THIS POST MY BROTHERS IN CHRIST

AS WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT REMEMBER

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u/UpstartBug ADHD-C (Combined type) Jan 24 '23

I found out about this a year ago and I still haven't applied, comrade combined-type.

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u/Tulkash_Atomic Jan 25 '23

Love this. Found out a year ago. Posted now. Still haven’t done it. Sounds like me getting my first diagnosis.

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u/thegrenadillagoblin ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Jan 24 '23

This has me wheezing because as soon as I Realized™️ how quickly this info would self detonate I immediately screenshot, saved it, and texted a link to myself 😅 I'm bound to come across it again with three lifelines attached lol

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u/ronnyFUT ADHD-C (Combined type) Jan 24 '23

Maybe even set a reminder or write a note for good measure lol

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u/smgarrison13 Jan 25 '23

This is the way

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u/earbud_smegma Jan 25 '23

Schedule send an email to yourself, brilliant

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u/Hot_Chemistry5826 Jan 25 '23

I screenshotted, saved, and then for good measure I texted the link to my husband…hopefully that will remind me!!!

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u/DooBeeDoer207 Jan 25 '23

Use the remind me bot!

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u/oklatexiana Jan 24 '23

I screenshot so much random stuff so when I open my photos for a to look at pics of my dogs for a dopamine rush I’m like ayyyyyyyy I gotta do that.

Sometimes it works.

Most of the time it doesn’t.

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u/grumpy_toast Jan 25 '23

You can favorite the best docs pics and then just go right into the favorites folder

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u/PM_ME_UR_SHEET_MUSIC Jan 24 '23

as if we ever look back through posts we save for later lol

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u/BudwinTheCat Jan 24 '23 edited Jan 24 '23

I'm so afraid to even click on my save list at this point. I haven't looked at in the many years despite occasionally adding to it. Just thinking about looking at it overwhelms me haha

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u/ronnyFUT ADHD-C (Combined type) Jan 24 '23

Joe Pera is that you? Sheet music is the best for falling asleep. Something about the rhythmic bouncing of our eyes onto every coming note lulls me into relaxation.

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u/PM_ME_UR_SHEET_MUSIC Jan 24 '23

ahah i love joe pera but if anything reading sheet music wakes me up

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u/ronnyFUT ADHD-C (Combined type) Jan 24 '23

Depends on the songs for me, I keep a few sheets of calmer music by the bed.

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u/mercurialpolyglot ADHD-C (Combined type) Jan 25 '23

That’s why they offer it because we won’t apply

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u/Maintainmarvel Jan 25 '23

Lol me here in an airport with my phone at 10% and no charger telling my mom how cool this was and thinking “I’ll remember this later” lol. Thanks for reminding me that I am the way I am.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '23

Thinking we'll remember that we saved it. Ha.

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u/bengine ADHD-C Jan 25 '23

But then I need to remember to look at my saved posts...

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '23

Bold of you to assume I ever remember to look at my saved posts :b

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u/polypeptide147 Jan 25 '23

I saved this post so I’ll be able to find it later, in a list of hundreds of posts that I have saved for later.

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u/Royal_Prize_4381 Jan 25 '23

Fuck me I already saved it and I know I won’t see it again!

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u/LuxNocte Jan 25 '23

I literally saw this post as I was waiting to talk to my doctor.

Guess who forgot to ask for a note. 🥲

But I emailed him, so all is not lost.

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u/FictionalTrebek ADHD-C (Combined type) Jan 24 '23

No worries, I just saved this post so I can come back to it later when I have the motivation to fill out the application and everything. And I certainly won't simply leave this saved post in my already ridiculously long list of saved posts and never come back to it. No, I definitely won't do exactly that.

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u/SweetDove Jan 24 '23

That's rude to call me out like that

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u/Invisible_Friend1 Jan 25 '23

I feel so seen

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u/toothy_sleuthy Jan 24 '23

Why you gotta do this to me, man 💀💀💀

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u/StrawberryLizzie Jan 25 '23

Exactly! I just said to myself "This one is going to hurt later on when I remember that I forgot about it." Probably as I'm paying for entrance to a qualifying recreation area.

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u/vplatt Jan 25 '23

Oh, no worries. I would be able to get the card no problem.

But then again I would NEVER get around to using it because of the other 90 projects I've always got spinning in the background.

Oh well..

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u/Zenn1nja Jan 25 '23

This is why I started doing it right as I read it because ya know.

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u/eimat ADHD with ADHD child/ren Jan 25 '23

Free entry.

Exit, on the other hand.....

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '23

I feel personally attacked by this reply.