Exciting things happening as we progress this initiative further. Watch this space...Sharing our new logo & handle! #DiversityandInclusion#Awareness
Delighted to have delivered the @HearMeIreland Communication Awareness Training to 3rd year Hotel Management students in Shannon College. Thank you to @Clare_Carroll1 for training myself and my training team @odonnellniamh_ , Mary Vaughan and Elise Philips.
#Hospitality#CustomerService some customers will have difficulties ordering because they have an impairment of language after a brain injury. You can help them order by giving them time & slowing down #SpeakUpCommRights#Diversity
Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain- most commonly from a stroke, particularly in older individuals.
Brain injuries resulting in aphasia may also arise from head trauma, from brain tumors, or from infections. #aphasia#aphasiastrong#aphasiaawarenessmonth2022
Having #Aphasia can be frustrating.
Sometimes people want to stop trying. We encourage you to keep going. Say to yourself, "I will try again tomorrow." You can do this!
Check out @AphasiaHomeCafe and connect with others. Please share.
Delighted to share this article which I co-authored with @ERDorris What Can We Learn From a Human-Rights Based Approach to Disability for Public and Patient Involvement in Research? #PPI#HumanRights#CRPD#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs https://t.co/VKi6Nv74ux
Today (3 December) is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Communication disability is not consistently recognised globally as a disability. It’s why we work to raise the profile of communication disabilities with @UN & @WHO#IcommunicationP https://t.co/ntuJIArUsb
Making shopping a better sensory experience, making shopping #Accessible through reducing sensory overload. Brilliant initiative #DiversityandInclusion
I am proud to share our @IrishStammering article ⬇️
#StammeringPride represents an (overdue!) evolution in how we could all think about #stammering - as a "different, legitimate and valuable way of speaking" that we can respect and not merely tolerate.
https://t.co/6hlCpYcrh1