This card is designed to help people with DLD explain to others what they find difficult and why they may respond in certain ways.
It can be a script for a person for DLD to follow.
A person with DLD can just show it to the person they are speaking to.
The idea of a written support for people to explain their DLD came from the work of Rachel Sievers with adults with DLD (www.brightonspeechtherapist.co.uk ). As one person said, “It’s hard to explain DLD if you have DLD”…
The idea for making this ‘script’ into a card that could be easily accessed in people’s wallets or phones came from Afasic Ambassador Sophie Franks, DLD activist.
We are delighted to announce that this card is now being offered by AFASIC as a free downloadable resource
When you download this file and use a printer to print it please make sure you click on print actual size, to print it credit card size.
Alternatively Afasic have produced a double sided laminated card which is for sale in the shop click here
To find out more about DLD please visit the RADLD website