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Children and face masks: Some tips from a speech and language therapist

Mask users lose visual information, but there are lots of things you can do to help them, writes speech and language therapist Kate Beckett.

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Dec 2nd 2021, 7:00 AM

'It's like the state is telling my daughter she can’t succeed because she has DS'

I just want my daughter to reach her full potential in life but support services are badly lacking, writes Deirdre McNamara.

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Mar 29th 2017, 8:30 PM

Mother to wait 11 months for 'early intervention' appointment for daughter with autism

Waiting lists for occupational and speech therapy appointments are at breaking point around the country.

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May 29th 2016, 2:01 PM