A Wallsend family is fighting to put years of trauma behind them and improve how schools support those with ADHD after Cole Middler "fell through the cracks".
Cole, now 17, and mum Kelly are set to take on a zipline challenge over the river Tyne to raise money for charity the ADHD Foundation - to thank the charity for the role its played in transforming Cole's life. It took until Cole was excluded from school at 13 for him to even get diagnosed with the condition.
Since then, after getting in touch with the charity and even sending them heart-rending poems he had written about his experiences in mainstream education settings which couldn't adapt to support people who are neurodiverse, Cole has been involved speaking at conferences and supported by charity chief exec Dr Tony Lloyd.
