APD RESEARCH
RESEARCH DOCUMENTS
Below you will find recent APD research and current research projects requesting volunteers
Pease click on the links provided to read and download the dcuments.
APD SUPPORT UK SURVEY OF APD PROVISION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES
In 2021-22 APD Support UK Trustees contacted all the Local (Education) Authorities/LAs in England and Wales to ask them about their support provision for children with APD, and they were all sent information about APD. Most of them required a Freedom of Information request to be made before they would reply.
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Here you can read the findings of the survey.
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OUTCOMES
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A reply by Alyson Mountjoy, Chair APD Support UK, was later sent to each LA. It included further information on supporting learners with APD and reminded them that providing support for APD was a legal obligation for LAs, sensory teams, and schools.
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As a result of the survey and our response, some LAs now do more to understand and support APD. There are others that still result in parents having to make a formal complaint or obtain an EHC Plan before adequate, appropriate support is provided. However, implementing a blanket policy singling out APD to not be supported has been the worrying response by an increasing number of LAs. This meets the definition of disability discrimination. Excluding children from support who have APD, or any other medical condition, disability, or any form of additional needs, can therefore be deemed unlawful.
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If your child has been refused support, please visit the "Get involved" page to download a letter template. There is also one for adults in education who are not being supported.
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UK RESEARCH IN ASSOCIATION WITH APD SUPPORT UK
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Experiences of Patients With Auditory Processing Disorder in Getting Support in Health, Education, and Work Settings: Findings From an Online Survey
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Authors: Deepashri Agrawal, Giorgos Dritsakis, Merle Mahon and Doris E Bamiou
This research article, published by "Frontiers in Neurology", was based on the findings of a online survey devised by the above researchers at University College London, in association with Alyson Mountjoy, Chair of APD Support UK. It took place via this website and the APD Support UK Facebook groups and highlights the views of family members of children with APD and adults with APD. Please share.
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.607907/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Neurology&id=607907
HEAR TO LISTEN, AND LISTEN TO HEAR
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A short video sponsored for World Hearing Day 2022 by the Master of APD of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine Please click the link to watch the video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIyb11BHv7I
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It discusses the importance of testing for hearing loss and APD, and protecting your hearing.
Also how to protect your hearing, when to seek professional help. Remember the interaction of hearing with learning, cognition and mental health and the importance of checking your hearing and auditory processing.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
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Disabled adults aged 18+ are needed to help with a study into happiness in people with disabilities, through analysing the attitudes, behaviours, opportunities, and resources that are required to facilitate happiness outcomes in disabled populations. Please download the document below.
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Contact gkm108@pgr.aru.ac.uk for further details.