Dyspraxia – what is it and what support is available?

Dyspraxia – what is it and what support is available?

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Developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia, is a condition affecting physical co-ordination. It causes a child to perform less well than expected in daily activities for their age, and appear to move clumsily. DCD is thought to be around 3 or...
Dysgraphia – what is it and what support is available?

Dysgraphia – what is it and what support is available?

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Dysgraphia is a condition that affects the ability to recognise and decipher written words, and the relationship between letter forms and the sounds they make. As a result, writing, spelling and forming words is challenging for anyone with Dysgraphia. Kids with...
Dyscalculia – what is it and what support is available?

Dyscalculia – what is it and what support is available?

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Dyscalculia is a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with mathematics. It will be unexpected in relation to age, level of education and experience and occurs across all ages and abilities....
Dyslexia – what is it and what are the signs?

Dyslexia – what is it and what are the signs?

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Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty which causes problems with reading, writing and spelling. It is estimated up to 1 in every 10 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia. It is a lifelong problem that can present daily challenges but support is available to...
Identifying writing difficulties in adopted children

Identifying writing difficulties in adopted children

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Handwriting difficulties can interfere with a child’s ability to write and express their ideas. Children juggle what they wish to write with, fine motor skills, attention, memory, and organisation of language which they are expected to have achieved by age 8. It...
Apps to help people with visual impairment and blindness

Apps to help people with visual impairment and blindness

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  Thanks to modern day technology continuing to innovate, there are now lots of apps that have been specifically designed to help blind or visually impaired people in their everyday lives. There are approximately 1.3 billion people living with some form of vision...