More than 2.5 million people in the UK have communication problems
Communication impairment can be congenital or acquired.
Eating Drinking (swallowing) disabilities
There are numerous conditions that give rise to problems in biting, chewing and swallowing. Some of our clients are unable to feed themselves due to physical disability.
Diagnoses: while the causes of clients' symptoms are not always known, some of their conditions are listed below:
Asperger's Syndrome (AS)
Autistic spectrum disorders
Brain tumours
Cerebello-spinal ataxia
Cerebral palsy
Dyspraxia
Huntingdon's Disease (HD)
Learning disabilities
Motor Neurone Disease (MND)/ALS
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Parkinson's Disease
Profound and multiple learning difficulties
Rett Syndrome
Semantic pragmatic disorder
Stroke (CVA)
Traumatic brain injury (head injury)
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease (vCJD)
Voice disorders
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