It's important to grasp that the spectrum isn't linear. Each and every autistic person has their own profile of strengths and difficulties. Just because an autistic person thrives at university and has a professional career, it doesn't mean they don't have support needs in other

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I know that learning languages via apps isn't a substitute for real language teaching, but even just learning a tiny tiny bit about Romanian phonemes and sentence structure from Duolingo has been so helpful to me when working with Romanian families! #MySLTDay

This is another book we've been promoting within #SILSA from Laura Payne A lovely and affirming introduction to the diversity of communication for younger children. And the message is equally important for the adults who may share the book with them #WorldBookDay #SLCN

Really enjoying using withVR for virtual reality stammering therapy! So good for voluntary stammering practice 🌟#MySLTDay

It’s amazing to see our schools supporting stammering, sharing information to increase understanding, acceptance & representation. Thanks HolyTrinity3-16 for leading the way with this. It makes a difference! Posters available from Action for Stammering Children website.

Just spotted that my book has got its first review on Amazon! This is so lovely 🥹 #ItDoesntMatterHowWeTalk

For #WorldAutismDay we are talking about #Echolalia. Some children learn language through echolalia, you might see this referred to as gestalt language processing. For more information follow this link: buff.ly/3TP2xPT

Went to see a horror play with fully integrated BSL tonight - I've never seen anything like it + it was amazing!! The integration of spoken English and BSL worked so seamlessly and added so much to the performance - I'd love to see more theatre like this! ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sheff…

Congratulations to our very own Nic Maddy who was announced Unsung hero of 2024 last night at the Excellence 2024 awards. Nic works hard to change the perception of stammering and to provide a happier, safe communication environment for children who stammer. Well done Nic ⭐😊

More people enjoying the #storiesbyndwrds film installation Nicola Maddy Human Communication Sciences | Sheffield Ben Rutter Laura Payne

Dysfluent Journeys - stories beyond words was a beautiful, moving, powerful immersive experience bringing wide ranging communication differences into the spotlight. It was fantastic to engage in discussions afterwards, and get to meet the crew 💚

"They're just stimming on their device" - I hear that a lot. My response "oh, great!" They're showing interest, seeing, hearing words/phrases, learning navigation paths, potentially beginning to categorise vocab & seeing it as a tool to express themselves. 1/2

It’s Disability Pride Month!

Just read this recent study about the mental health benefits of D&D. I'm so sure we'd see the same benefits (and more) for young people with SLCN!! I wish I could do research into this!! jcu.edu.au/news/releases/…

Today, the whole SLT team from South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust learned about withVR! Thanks for the invite and all the great work you guys do using our tools! They're a great bunch of SLTs, and we are so pleased to collaborate with this fantastic NHS Trust.

I'm really really enjoying doing speech sound work with older children atm 💚 so exciting to see their progress and the pride in their faces when they get it!! #MySLTDay

It's really disappointing to see that BBC News (UK) have failed to follow STAMMA 's editorial guidelines in their obituary for James Earl Jones.