Join in our charity bike ride on the 10th July through the pretty Essex countryside & villages to help raise much needed funds for services supporting children & families affected by Developmental Language Disorder. Our rides are fully supported and have a very friendly and supportive atmosphere – why not come and join in the…
Join this free online session to hear about the ‘DLD Together’ training courses being run by Afasic and NAPLIC. These courses bring small groups of parents together via Zoom to meet each other, learn about how Developmental Language Disorder impacts on their child, and how to support them. This event will be held using Zoom…
We are encouraging our supporters to take part in the Captain Tom 100 Challenge. To celebrate Captain Tom Moore’s amazing achievements and mark what would have been his 101st birthday, everyone’s invited to take part in a fundraising challenge between Friday 30th April and Monday 3rd May. Basically, you can do anything involving the number…
Guaranteed ‘Virtual’ London Marathon Places Available! Afasic has a few guaranteed places available for the ‘Virtual’ London Marathon on Sunday 3rd October. This takes place on the same day as the main event and basically you can run it anywhere you want, at any time during that day. You get a running number to wear…
The SWAN team at University College London (UCL) has developed a new tablet-based game that aims to help build number skills in children with Developmental Language Disorders. The project is looking for children with DLD to play this highly motivating game. They are keen to recruit parents and children who are between 5 and 7…
We are pleased to provide an update on the Engage with Developmental Language Disorder project and details of some recent research findings. For more information please click on the link below.
Find out about a new research project on Developmental Language Disorder that has been set up by the University of Bath, City University London and the University of Cambridge. The project is called ‘Engage with Developmental Language Disorder’ and it is looking for parents and individuals affected by DLD to sign up to it. For…
During May Linda Lascelles and Deborah Kalinke set themselves the challenge of walking at least 10,000 steps a day walking their dogs on the South Downs. They ended up walking 225 miles and raising over £3,000 between them for Afasic! We are very grateful to the 10 cyclists who took part in our socially distanced…