TalkLink team members work with disabled people of all ages, who have impairments that impact speech, written communication, learning or controlling their environment.
The TalkLink service can assist people with a Physical, Sensory, Cognitive, Intellectual, Learning or Age related disability which prevents them from:
- producing legible writing at an adequate speed
- producing intelligible speech
- processing receptive or expressive language
- learning to communicate in speech or writing
- controlling their environment
Examples of disabilities:
- Angelman Syndrome
- Aphasia
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Blind & Vision Impairments
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) (Stroke)
- Deaf & Hearing Impairments
- Dementia
- Down Syndrome
- Dysarthria
- Dyspraxia
- Dystonia
- Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Learning Disability
- Limb amputation
- Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Muscular Dystrophy (MD)
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Rett Syndrome
- Specific Learning Disorder (LD)
- Spinal Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)