Disabilities

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity are the main characteristics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Autism/Aspergers is a lifelong developmental disorder that affects the way an individual communicates and relates to people around them.

Dyslexia

Dyslexia affects the area of the brain that deals with language, leading to differences in the way information is processed and affecting the underlying skills needed for learning to read, write and spell.

Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the brain’s ability to plan sequences of movement. It is thought to be connected to the way that the brain develops, and can affect the planning of what to do and how to do it.

Hearing Impairments

People with hearing impairments may depend on their sight for communication e.g. speech reading, lip reading, British Sign Language (BSL) or a form of English using BSL vocabulary called Sign Supported English (SSE).

Learning Disabilities

Some people are born with certain impairments that restrict or reduce their ability to learn as quickly or as readily as others. A learning disability is not an illness, it is a permanent condition and often cannot be treated or controlled with medication or other therapies.

Medical Conditions/Unseen Disabilities

The term Medical Condition includes asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, chronic pain and heart disease although this list is not exhaustive. Most people have experienced ill health of one kind or another from time to time, but this has probably been temporary in nature.

Mental Health Difficulties

The term Mental Health describes a sense of well being. It implies the capacity to live in a resourceful and fulfilling manner, having the resilience to deal with the challenges and obstacles that life and studying present.

Physical Disabilities

Physical disabilities can be temporary or permanent, fluctuating, stable or degenerative, and may affect parts of the body or the whole of it.

Visual Impairments

A visual impairment is a loss of sight which is irretrievable; this may be partial or whole, and is not remediated through wearing spectacles