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 people do not consider how conversation enriches our lives, whether it is chatting with friends,... Read more

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 condition. Keith Duffy, from Boyzone and Coronation Street talks about bringing up a child with... Read more

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 what is being said can have a profound effect on language development. Children with poor... Read more

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 environmental factors such as medicines, pollution and toxins – known as regressive autism... Read more

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 autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) along with... Read more

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 autism were resident in their area and only two knew the number of adults.   Cheryl Gillan, a... Read more

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 £12 million government action plan will see pilot initiatives set up in 20 local areas in England... Read more

Parents Fight Special Needs

The Special Education Consortium represents around 100 organisations. Its chairman is Brian Lamb. Mr Lamb is currently conducting a major review of educational policies for children with disabilities and learning difficulties and will... Read more

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 Syndrome before giving birth. Experiments in mice have raised the hope that some of the developmental... Read more

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 ahead with their pregnancies, even if the unborn baby has been diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome... Read more