RADLD IRELAND NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The RADLD Ireland, Award Winning, National Volunteer Group meets regularly via Zoom. To express your interest in joining the RADLD Ireland Volunteer Group contact:
- Practitioner SLT – Sinead Finn
- email: Finn@ul.ie
- Twitter: @SineadFinnSLT
- Researcher – Prof. Aoife Gallagher
- email: Gallagher@ul.ie
- Twitter: @aoifelilyg1
- Parent Rep – Brenda Mockler
- email: brenda@echo.ie
- Twitter: @BrendaMockler8
- Insta: brendamo61
- Facebook: Brenda Mockler
IRISH ORGANISATIONS
Here is a list of organisations based in Ireland involved in supporting people with DLD and raising awareness of this hidden but common condition.
- IASLT – Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists
Website: https://www.iaslt.ie/
Postal Address: IASLT, 51 Bracken Rd., Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland. D18 CV48
- RADLD Ireland Ambassadors Group – Facebook
- DLD Ireland Parent Support – parent led Facebook page
Previous events
- Overview of DLD Day 2021 – https://youtu.be/qcMyno9Xf2I
- Light-up Events 2022 – See full list here
- DLD Day October 20th 2023 – watch this space!
- Teacher CPD on DLD – Info to follow
upcoming events
- TBC
DLD Information & Resources
- Padlet of resources for educators, developed by Rachel Kelly NCSE Speech and Language Therapist. On the padlet you will find valuable information to support you, including videos, factsheets, printable resources which are all available free to download. DLD Information and Resources for Schools (padlet.com)
- DLD Fact Sheet as Gaeilge
- IASLT Position Paper 2017 https://www.iaslt.ie/supporting-people-s-communication-swallowing/developmental-language-disorder/
- IASLT Page on Supporting people with DLD https://www.iaslt.ie/supporting-people-s-communication-swallowing/developmental-language-disorder/
- Listening to children with DLD about supports in school (policy brief) https://www.sphereprogramme.ie/resources/policy-briefs/
- Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) magazine article about DLD 2021 https://intouch.into.ie/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pnum=42&edid=39f18f43-2b19-4030-969e-d1e4a9076a48&isshared=true
- National Council for Special Education (NCSE) SLT videos on DLD and supporting children with SLCN in the classroom
- Karl Reddy video about living with DLD when he was 16 years old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ips63DwNpa4
- The Echo Newspaper Kids pages
DLD IN THE MEDIA
2022
- Kildare Nationalist – online October 14th – https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2022/10/14/aras-chill-dara-to-light-up-for-dld-day/
- Southern Star – online Oct 13th (Facebook post)
- The Echo Newspaper, Dublin – print October 13th and online October 14th – https://www.echo.ie/hurler-karl-tells-his-story-of-growing-with-dld/
- Meath Chronical – online Oct 13th https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2022/10/13/top-hurler-shares-his-story-of-living-with-developmental-language-disorder/
- Someone Like Me podcast re-releases on RTE Kids on Oct 14th – https://www.rte.ie/kids/2022/0211/1279319-someone-like-me-what-is-developmental-language-disorder/
- Cork Echo & Echo live – online Oct 14th and print Oct 17th – https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40983383.html
- RTÉ News2Day National TV piece from language class in Galway https://twitter.com/news2dayRTE/status/1580950981126377474?t=k3ShvC6vAZgDZCPNcTYLbw&s=19
Radio – Local and National
- Dundalk FM – radio interview with Dundalk based Language Unit SLT for DLD Day Oct 14th
- KCLR FM (Carlow & Kilkenny) – radio interview with SLT Nease Lehane for DLD Day Oct 14th
- KFM Kildare radio interview with Brenda Mockler for DLD Day Oct 14th https://www.kfmradio.com/on-air/podcasts/kildare-today1/episode/friday-14th-october-2022-hour-2/
- National Radio – RTÉ Drive Time – Interview with Karl Reddy for DLD Day Oct 14th https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22158694/
- WLR FM Waterford – October 19th – interview with Brenda Mockler about DLD Day
2021
- Micheál Dennehy and Oisín Lyons (both 5) national news article in The Irish Examiner for DLD Day 2021 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40721223.html
- The Echo Newspaper online and print DLD Day 2021 – Local School dresses in purple & yellow for DLD Day https://www.echo.ie/developmental-language-disorder-awareness-day/
- RTÉ News2Day National TV interview with Robert Mockler https://twitter.com/news2dayrte/status/1449044097528958980?s=48&t=plTytMoNjbl1VmF9Cc_pGQ
2020
- RTÉ Brainstorm online article 2020 – https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/1015/1171682-what-you-need-to-know-about-developmental-language-disorder/
- RTÉ Nuacht TV news report 2020 https://www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/2020/1016/1172013-aird-idirnaisiunta-inniu-ar-neamhord-forbartha-teanga/
- Robert Mockler (12) – Irish Times National news article online 2020 https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/lighting-up-purple-and-yellow-for-developmental-language-disorder-1.4381985
- The Echo Newspaper print and online https://www.echo.ie/landmarks-turning-yellow-and-purple-for-dld-day/
- The Echo Newspaper article in print and online following DLD Day 2020 https://www.echo.ie/landmarks-lit-up-purple-and-yellow-for-dld-awareness-day/
- The Echo Newspaper article in print and online – interview with Prof Aoife Gallagher – MUST READ FOR PARENTS https://www.echo.ie/it-is-critical-that-we-increase-awareness-of-dld-doctor/
- The Echo Newspaper article in print and online – Robert Mockler’s first interview (12) https://www.echo.ie/robert-12-talks-about-what-it-is-like-living-with-dld/
2019
- The Echo Article in print and online for DLD Day 2019 https://www.echo.ie/do-you-know-that-today-is-international-dld-day/
- Limerick Post article https://www.limerickpost.ie/2019/10/16/limerick-to-turn-yellow-and-purple-for-dld-awareness-day/