Technology & Our Children

The ASHAsphere - blog for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - uploaded a timely and relevant post at the end of September. Its content was focused on one specific question: "Does Technology Inhibit Our Engagement With... Read more

Engage in Education

A new post arrived this week on the blog of I CAN, the children's communication charity. The post discusses a new programme that I CAN is proud to be a part of - Engage in Education. You can read their blog post here:... Read more

Local Authorities

Scope, in conjunction with independent think tank/research institute 'Demos', have created a Disability Cuts map. Specifically, Demos has created a Coping with the Cuts Index that measures how different local authorities are managing their... Read more

Life After The Forces

With British troops currently active in many areas around the world, complex injury and rehabilitation after discharge from the military is a topical issue. Increasing medical knowledge in the field, developing medical technologies and... Read more

Emergency SMS

A few weeks ago, Integrated Treatment Services wrote about how Ofcom is challenging communication service providers to provide better services for disabled customers, particularly those with hearing and/or speech impairments. You can read... Read more

Support Services for Kids

The Guardian recently conducted a cross-panel of views from key people involved in policy change around disability. This included representatives from government, charity, health and academia. You can read the article in full here:... Read more

5 & Don’t know their own name!

Radio 4 held a discussion today about a report from the government's poverty 'tsar' Frank Field – that some children turn up for their first day of school not knowing their own name. You can listen to the discussion on the Radio 4... Read more

Social Skills

  The Sunday Independent Online published an article this month called, "Why Don't They Like Me?" You can read the article in its entirety here: http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/life/why-don-t-they-like-me-1.1100787 The... Read more

No Tongue, No Speech?

An article published online this week in the US is based on the memories of a Speech and Language Therapist (or Speech and Language Pathologist in the US). It discusses one particular case that the therapist - Betty McMicken - remembered... Read more

Early Communication & Literacy

Continuing on last week's article about literacy, recent collaborative research has found that a child's early communication environment makes an important contribution to their readiness to start school. The article is published by the... Read more