Language Disorder – Teenagers

A North Wales newspaper reported this week on a 17 year old teenager who found himself in court on firearms offences because of an undiagnosed language disorder (http://tinyurl.com/2ft333z). Gwyndaf Jones had been shooting birds with... Read more

After a Stroke

The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT) reported this month on access to support services for people who have had recent strokes. There is widespread acknowledgement that acute services for stroke patients have... Read more

SEN – A Backlash

The Daily Mail recently reported on Quintin Kynaston School, a Central London based school where a third of the staff are ‘non-teaching’ teachers. By this, the article (at... Read more

Siblings of children with ASD

Language Delay - Siblings of Children with Autism As a relatively new and often misunderstood condition, autism is of great interest to researchers around the world from a variety of disciplines. New developments within the field are... Read more

Foreign Accent Syndrome

The BBC reported this week on Kay Russell, an Englishwoman who woke up after a severe migraine and found herself speaking with a French accent (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2010/09/100915_accent_syndrome_et_sl.shtml). This... Read more

The King’s Speech

Speech therapy comes to the movies! Soon-to-be-released British film ‘The King’s Speech’ focuses on George VI – also known as ‘Bertie’ – and his battle to overcome a severe stammer. An unlikely chain of events leads to... Read more

Educational Rights -Your Child

The process of finding out that their child requires extra educational support needs is often an emotionally difficult time for parents. Many report feelings of relief that their suspicions or concerns were well-founded. Others report... Read more

Therapy – do we need it?

As babies grow, developmental milestones are monitored through their infancy – sitting up, crawling and walking  are the most noticeable and often memorable milestones for parents. Health professionals use these milestones as a... Read more

Brain Scan to Diagnose Autism?

Recent studies at King’s College London have provided encouraging results about the possibility of using brain scans to diagnose autism in adults (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100810203505.htm). Autism is a type of... Read more

Autism diagnosed by brainscan?

King's College Institute of Psychiatry in London have been researching the use of a brain scan to diagnose Autism, in adults stating: "We know already that people with autism have differences in brain anatomy and some regions are just... Read more