Posts Tagged ‘campaigns’

Teachers and campaigners say more needs to be done to provide rising numbers of children with Speech and Language Therapy.

After being diagnosed with apraxia at two years old, Mikey Akers had 13 years of Speech and Language Therapy (SLT), just to be able to communicate with others.

The 23-year-old’s latest petition, calling on the Government for more investment in SALT, reached over 12,000 signatures in just a matter of weeks, prompting a response.

Click the link below for the full story:

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2024-05-16/thousands-of-children-misunderstood-as-speech-and-language-therapy-demand-grows

UK Disability History Month 16 November – 16 December

This Autumn 2023 UKDHM focuses on the Experience of Disablement amongst children and young people in the past, now and what is needed for the future.

A filmed talk and Powerpoint by Richard Reiser, learning disability advocate, developed for a Hackney special school staff.

Please click this link for school resources: Schools and Colleges – UK Disability History Month (ukdhm.org)