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Adapting to Neurological Disease

      See our Progressive Neurological Disease Home Page for a full list of information about progressive and degenerative neurological disease, and links to information and strategies relating to communication and cognitive functioning.   Adapting your home and improving your communication environment following neurological disease diagnosis   Many of the difficulties that have been …

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Delaying the impact of communication problems following neurological diseases

      See our Progressive Neurological Disease Home Page for a full list of information about progressive and degenerative neurological disease, and links to information and strategies relating to communication and cognitive functioning.   Delaying the impact of communication problems following neurological diseases   Progressive disorders – delaying the impact of communication difficulties When …

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Neurological Disease and Communication Difficulties

      See our Progressive Neurological Disease Home Page for a full list of information about progressive and degenerative neurological disease, and links to information and strategies relating to communication and cognitive functioning.     The brain is an exceedingly complex mechanism and is made up of many different working parts. When one or …

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Progressive Neurological Diseases and Communication Difficulties

      Progressive neurological diseases and disorders of the brain can have a huge impact on communication skills. There are a number of diseases that can affect the brain and communication, we discuss a few below: To read more about progressive neurological diseases and their affect on speech and communication – Click Here.   …

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Social Skills and Behaviour following Brain Injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   Changes in a person’s social skills and behaviour following brain injury can be common. Depending on the extent of the …

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Communication difficulties following brain injury

      See our TBI Home Page for a full list of information about Brain Injury, and links to information and strategies relating to memory, attention, social skills, executive functioning, and improving communication.   Communication difficulties often occur following brain injury (TBI) or head injury and are often present alongside problems with memory, fatigue, …

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Intensive Interaction and Autism

      See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources.   Breaking down the barriers by using an Intensive Interaction approach with individuals with severe autism or communication delay. Non-verbal individuals who have major learning difficulties or “severe” autism are often very difficult to interact with. Not only …

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Autism Services – Getting Help (Finding treatment services, information and support)

      See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources.   Diagnosis When parents are first told that their child may have an autism spectrum disorder, it is usually a highly anxious time. Many people know very little about autism and are unaware of what to expect, or …

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Speech therapy resources

      Speech therapy resources is a section for speech pathologists / therapists to share ideas, information and activities. If you have anything you want to share, contact me on the icommunicate Facebook page and I can add things to this page.   Back to Resources Page.   Recommended Reading     For a …

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