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Across the UK the lives of over 1 million children and young adults are affected by the hidden disability of speech, language and communication impairments.
Afasic is the UK charity, established in 1968, to help these children and young people, their families and the professionals working with them.

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We are a not-for-profit company and our aim is to support people who have communication and movement difficulty. This includes, amongst others, people who have been labelled with cerebral palsy, autism, down syndrome, rett syndrome, learning difficulty and developmental delay.
We are a communication aid centre and learning support provider. We work with individuals who have communication and/or learning difficulties, their families and/or organisations that are supporting them. We can offer unique insights into ways in which the curriculum can be differentiated, the environment improved, the support systems optimised and/or communication can be supported.

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Communication Matters is the UK Chapter of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) which focuses on the needs of people with complex communication needs who may benefit from AAC systems to maximise their opportunities and enhance their life. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems includes eye pointing, gesture, signing, using symbol/word boards, and electronic speech devices.

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www.deafsign.com is a free information site, that offers a whole new approach to bringing the Deaf and hearing worlds closer together. The site provides information, articles, quiz, contacts and discussion on issues related to deafness and sign language. News and Guest Book are regularly updated.

www.DropBy.co.uk is a web site designed for the over 60s to keep in touch.

Its focus is on interaction - with family, friends and interest groups.

Our intention is to make the site really easy-to-use.

You can set up your own secure family, friends and interest networks. Keep in touch using messaging, online chat or our video link - with just a few clicks.

The emphasis is on 'keeping in touch' and 'having fun' so the site will enable Members to interact easily with family and friends. It is also somewhere you can enjoy playing games in the Games Room. We hope to introduce interactive games, where it is possible to play across the web with friends and other members, in the future.

Our vision is that there will be a strong social care aspect to the site in the future. We are working on this at the moment.

Mary Baker
Founder
DropBy Limited
Company Registration No.7184385
www.DropBy.co.uk
e: MaryB [at] DropBy [dot] co [dot] uk
t: 07789888391

The emergencySMS service is an add on to the existing 999 and 18000 services that are available in the UK. Your SMS text message will be connected to 999 through the Text Relay 18000 service
A relay assistant will speak your SMS message to the 999 advisor, their reply will be sent back to you as an SMS message.
If you send another SMS text message the relay assistant will read it to the 999 advisor and send their reply back to you.

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Hubble Communtiy Enterprise presents 'Puppets in Play'. Bridging the gaps in community, enabling young people to gain confidence in finding their voice, giving them choice, by the sharing of knowledge, culture and values.

Does Hubble work with special needs?
Yes he does, contact me and discuss what the needs are and I will work out a programme tailored to need.

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Being able to speak, use language and communicate with others is one of the basic necessities for happiness and success.
I CAN works to support the development of speech, language and communication skills in all children with a special focus on those who find this hard: children with speech, language and communication needs.

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Can you imagine what it would be like if you couldn't understand speech? How would you cope?
It's a situation which is similar to the one you might experience if you were in a foreign country and couldn't speak or understand the language.
What would you do? You would probably begin to gesture to explain what you wanted, and hope that others would understand your gestures and would gesture back. You might also start to draw pictures and diagrams to help get your messages across.
Makaton combines all these elements in a highly successful teaching approach.

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Use this website to:

Find out what communication needs are
View examples of what these needs may look like
Gain advice to support you in your work
Download resources
Share information and ideas in our forum

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Signalong empowers children and adults with impaired communication to understand and express their needs, choices and desires by providing vocabulary for life and learning.
Signalong is a registered charity which provides resources and training in visual communication

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Symbol UK provides specialist speech and language therapy services, consultation and training focusing on children and adults with special needs, communication difficulties and/or eating and drinking needs.
Therapy Services
Children's Services
Adult Services – to People with Learning Disabilities
Down Syndrome Services

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The Sequal Trust aims to bridge the communication gap by supplying specialist communication equipment for disabled people of all ages across the UK.

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Symbol Trust, dedicated to promoting effective and innovative solutions to the communications needs of children and adults with learning disabilities. Our driving ambition is to see a more equitable society where language enrichment can unlock the true potential in people with special needs.

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