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Name: | Darren Lavender |
Age: | 23 |
Year of the Fix: | 2015 |
Location: | Broughton, Flintshire |
Campaign: | To improve people's understanding of specific language impairment |
I can sometimes find it a challenge to communicate with and understand people.
I need time to process information and to speak and I can struggle to follow if someone talks quickly without taking a breath or uses words that have more than one meaning.
I was also diagnosed with short-term memory loss as a child and although I’ve learnt to live with it, it can mean I occasionally forget having entire conversations.
My team and I are campaigning to raise awareness of what’s known as specific language impairment (SLI) which can make it hard for people to communicate.
We want to encourage others to be more understanding of those with communication needs, so that they can feel confident enough to ask for help.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Clarice Barber |
Ellis Roberts |
Jordan Royal | Georgina Beattie |
Kallum Weyman | Laura Brookes |
Mari Rowlinson | Robert Guffogy |
Samuel Littler |
As a charity that represents children and young adults with speech, language and communication impairments, we would like to thank them for their support arranging meetings and transport, as well as providing a speech and language therapist.
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Shannon Rawlings
Sam Womack
Alexandra Garrick
Mary-Anne White and Lucy Wills
Fern Lulham
Hannah Carter
Macauley Collinson
Chelsie Brown
Tilly and Bella
Fixers
Becky Thorn
Mason Latey
Jade Kingdom
Lauren Taylor
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Jo Quinn
Ethan Mcinally
Liam Thomas
Shano
Sam Barakat
Olivia G