Speech therapy – stammerers
HOW A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY SUPPORT GROUP HELPS STAMMERERS All too often, the acquisition of speech is taken for granted and most...
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Boyzone Keith Duffy – ASD
A video series on BBC News talks to people in the public eye who choose to speak about their personal experiences of a disease or...
New approach listening skills
Children may be slow to develop speech and language skills for a variety of reasons, but often the inability to listen or pay attention to...
Biomedical detox and Autism
Some experts believe there are two types of autism:   1. Classic autism which is present from birth 2. Autism triggered by...
Mozart helps Autism
Karen O’Connor, a Speech and Language Therapist in Dublin, has set up a clinic in the city to provide music therapy to people with...
Services to adults with ASD
Last year the National Autistic Society published research that found that two thirds of councils did not know how many children with...
Born with Downs Syndrome
On Monday 24th November 2008, BBC Radio 4 (92 -95FM) broadcast a programme which attempts to understand why more parents are opting to go...
Bercow Report – ACTION PLAN
Following a review of services for children with language problems by John Bercow, the Conservative MP, which was published in July 2007 a...
Parents Fight Special Needs
The Special Education Consortium represents around 100 organisations. Its chairman is Brian Lamb. Mr Lamb is currently conducting a major...
Down Syndrome – Preventable?
An article in the New Scientist by Aria Pearson reports that one day it may be possible to prevent some of the symptoms of Down’s...
