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

Social use of language

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has some helpful and informative information on their website about pragmatics, of the social use of language. You can visit ASHA's website here: http://www.asha.org/ or go straight... 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

Ofcom and Disabled Customers

The Guardian published an article on their website last week entitled "Ofcom demands better service for disabled customers". 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

London and the South Team

Recent expansions to our team now mean that we are able to offer the same high quality service to London and the southern areas as we do in the Midlands. Our search engine traffic shows that we a heavy stream of visitors accessing our... Read more