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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · 20h

The artwork created by our students is just wonderful. Very thoughtful and insightful into their strengths and the challenges of living with DLD.

#DevLangDis

Moor House Research & Training Institute @moorhouseinstitute.com · 23h

🚨 Only 7 days until #DLDday! 💜💛

You can't see DLD... but you can see this incredible display from our amazing students at Moor House School & College who have been exploring this year's theme through a powerful art project.

@radld.bsky.social

#DevLangDis #YouCantSeeDLD #DLDawareness #DLDMatters

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · 20h

Read this thread if you are unsure what DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is

#DevLangDis

Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 12d

#DLDday is coming, so I’m starting a thread over a few days.

DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it.
#DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social

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Moor House Research & Training Institute @moorhouseinstitute.com · 1d

💜💛Next Friday, 17th October is #DLD Awareness Day, organised by @radld.bsky.social💛 💜

Tomorrow, we kick off our one-week countdown⏰

Join us every day as we share resources, stories, and action.

📅 Mark your calendar!

#DLDday #CouldItBeLanguage #DevLangDis #YouCantSeeDLD #DLDAwareness #DLDMatters

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RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · 7d

We have fact sheets about DLD in English, plus-Brazilian Portuguese, Slovenian, Estonian, Indonesian. Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Slovak, Georgian, Romanian, Czech, Bengali and German.
Find them here: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DLDday
#DevLangDis

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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 12d

This Thursday (Oct 2nd) @hannahhobson.bsky.social is presenting @radld.bsky.social's @deevybee.bsky.social lecture on camouflaging in #DevLangDis. Don't miss it. Recording tickets also available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DLDday

The 2025 Dorothy Bishop Lecture with Dr Hannah Hobson

How we see (and don’t see) DLD: camouflaging and others’ perceptions of communication needs.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · 23d

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Moor House Research & Training Institute @moorhouseinstitute.com · 24d

We're so proud to have led on this important work to identify the research priorities for DLD, working alongside the RCSLT and an amazing group of contributors.

Read more, including either the full report or easy-read version at the link below.

rb.gy/y88104

Top questions for DLD research priorities revealed | RCSLT

www.rcslt.org

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Carol-Anne Murphy @carol-annemurphy.bsky.social · Sep 10

Want to join a vibrant research- active team committed to advancing knowledge with impact & supporting the development of excellent person-centred evidence based health professionals? We have a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Speech & Language therapy :-) Details below, closing date Sept 17th

School of Allied Health @ University of Limerick @ul-alliedhealth.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join the School of Allied Health. Position - Assistant Professor in Speech and Language Therapy - Permanent. Further information for applicants and application material is available online from: ul.ie/hrvacancies/ #ULjobs

University of Limerick Vacancies

ul.ie

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Sep 1

And an article I wrote with @suemarr.bsky.social a couple of years ago for the @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Helping pupils with developmental language disorder

What can teachers do to support children with DLD to better access the curriculum? Dr Susan Ebbels and Sue Marr share their tips for teachers

www.tes.com

Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Sep 1

Article published today in the Independent about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

The little-known disorder that’s just as common as autism and dyslexia

Developmental language disorder is considered an invisible condition

www.independent.co.uk

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Aug 28

A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.

"I heard no compassion in what you said...".

"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".

Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...

An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog

Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.

blogs.oxford.anglican.org

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fantastic. This is just what we need.

Could you also do one on language difficulties? Especially Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) which affects 7% of children (2 in every classroom).

Low awareness means that people with DLD have to constantly explain what DLD is. #DLDday is on 17th Oct

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Vani Gupta @vanigupta.bsky.social · Aug 26

When funding models dictate services - especially when excellent evidence exists that may contradict those funding models - we need to rigorously query what clinicians are doing

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 25

See this thread to you a few months ago for more information about Developmental Language Disorder @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social. An episode of Word of Mouth would be so helpful to the 1 million children in the UK with DLD. The linguistics of DLD is also fascinating
bsky.app/profile/susa...

Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Oct 1

I would love to follow up with you on your question about children entering school with language difficulties. Many of these may have Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) #DevLangDis

DLD affects 7% of the population (2 in every class) and yet awareness is very low.

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 25

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RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · Aug 24

DLD is really very common. Way more common than other well know conditions such as autism.
DLD is a difficulty with using and understanding words and sentences.
And the biggest problem is that very few people have heard of it.
Join our #DLDday campaign on October 17 2025. radld.org

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fantastic. This is just what we need.

Could you also do one on language difficulties? Especially Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) which affects 7% of children (2 in every classroom).

Low awareness means that people with DLD have to constantly explain what DLD is. #DLDday is on 17th Oct

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 Great to see this @healthwatchengland.bsky.social post capture how people value speech and language therapy and highlight some of the issues they face accessing it.

😃 Very good to see the RCSLT's 'A profession under pressure' report highlighted.

👏 @gillianrudd.bsky.social.

Screenshot from a Healthwatch England blog post about community services, which includes references to speech and language therapy.

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Aug 13

💰🔐 In @ashajournals.bsky.social Both implicit (fast, effortless, unconscious) & explicit (slow, effortful, conscious) processes are relevant to language; & adults with #devlangdis may require additional processing time in cognitive and linguistic tasks. pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Toward an Understanding of Developmental Language Disorder in Adults: Investigating the Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Linguistic Outcomes

Purpose: There is a growing body of research on developmental language disorder (DLD), but very few studies have focused on the role of cognitive...

pubs.asha.org

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 12

Free copy of accepted version available from here: www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dr-susan-ebb...

Dr Susan Ebbels - Moor House Research & Training Institute

Dr Susan Ebbels Director, Moor House Research & Training Institute, Moor House School & College Specialist topics: Developmental Language Disorder; Speech & Language interventions; research; the SHAPE...

www.moorhouseinstitute.com

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 12

Free copy of accepted version available from here: www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dr-susan-ebb...

Dr Susan Ebbels - Moor House Research & Training Institute

Dr Susan Ebbels Director, Moor House Research & Training Institute, Moor House School & College Specialist topics: Developmental Language Disorder; Speech & Language interventions; research; the SHAPE...

www.moorhouseinstitute.com

Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 6

If anyone wants a free copy, just send me your email address.

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 4

Need an update on the evidence base for interventions for children with DLD?
My task for the next few weeks is reading all the intervention studies published since I last ran this course to make sure it really is current.

#DevLangDis

Moor House Research & Training Institute @moorhouseinstitute.com · May 8

The next dates for our popular current evidence base course are confirmed and booking is now open.

Book your place now

bit.ly/3KNYfAe

#devlangdis #courses

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Aug 4

Delighted this paper is finally published. First in a series of papers looking at morphological intervention focused on affixes for improving vocabulary in children with DLD #DevLangDis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First 50 clicks get free author copy here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9VJBM...

www.tandfonline.com

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · Jul 25

📰 Simon Jenkins has written a comment piece on the issue in the @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Another way we are failing an entire generation: we must teach young people to speak | Simon Jenkins

The PM promised to prioritise oracy lessons, but has failed to do so. Set against tests and exams, it is seen as a luxury: in fact it is essential, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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