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The start of a long journey

So, what am I doing here? Why am I here?

 Well, I thought that I should start 'blogging' to show you what I have and how I can cope with it. So, bare with me, and I'll try to get my head around all of this.

 So, what do I have?  I have a disability called Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), which is a very common, but hidden disability.  Recent research showed that every two children in a class of thirty will have DLD.  Have you ever seen someone with a stroke?  Well, that is me, but I had the stroke in the womb.

 Throughout my life until I was 16, I had virtually non-stop Speech and Language Therapy (SLT).

 When I was little, my Mother realized that I had DLD and thank to her Mother who was a speech therapist, I managed to get speech therapy.  This continued all the way until I started at Dawn House School.  This school was unlike any other school that you know, it was a school for children with DLD.  But you probably would had connected up the dots as this blog and the forthcoming blogs is all about DLD.

 I will stop here as I don't want to tell you my whole life story in one go, otherwise what else would I write about?

 For now, you take care and stay safe.

 Damo
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