Don't gobblefunk around with words.
- Roald Dahl, The BFG
Your brain is amazing.
So is everyone else’s. Even when brains don’t develop in the usual way or they get damaged somewhere along the line, they’re still amazing.
In the upcoming FOUR PART BLOG, I give you lots of detail that’s something of a pick n’ mix. (I do miss Woolworths). Or you could read the lot if you’re a bit nerdy.
The purpose is to use what you need to make your case against unreasonable demands being made of children and adults, who have communication disabilities, to use preferred pronouns or gender-neutral language.
I focus on the UK and the English language (for now).
Here’s what it’ll cover.
PART ONE
What we use to communicate: language, speech, cognition, and the senses
What pronouns are all about
Why the ‘singular they’ doesn’t exist
PART TWO
CHILDREN and communication disabilities including:
ADHD/Autism/Neurodevelopmental disability
Developmental Language Delay (DLD) and Aphasia
Articulation disorders such as
stammering and cluttering, tongue-tie, cleft-palate, phonological disorders, apraxia of speech or dysarthria
Selective mutism
Hearing impairment and d/Deafness
Auditory Processing Disorder
I explain what characteristics each communication disability has and why making language demands on these children is unreasonable
PART THREE
ADULTS with communication disabilities including:
Aphasia and a focus on agrammatism
Apraxia of speech
Dysarthria
Dysfluency (stammering)
Cognitive-Communication Disorder and Dementia
Psychosis language
Hearing impairment and d/Deafness
I explain what characteristics each communication disability has and why making language demands on these adults is unreasonable
PART FOUR
DISCRIMINATION against children and adults with communication disabilities including:
Disability Rights in Education, Health and Social Care, and Employment with reference to:
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
The Equality Act 2010
The Care Act 2014
The Mental Capacity Act 2005
Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)
Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
CQC Accessible Information Standard (AIS)
Reasonable adjustments
Safeguarding
I give examples of discrimination in relation to children and adults with communication disabilities
All coming soon.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Preston
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