That’s how many children between the ages of five and 15 are struggling with talking and understanding words right now. It’s a staggering number and also the highest that we at Speech and Language UK have ever recorded. It is for this reason alone that our new strategy is so ambitious.
Far too many children are going through life unable to do the things many of us take for granted. This affects every aspect of their and their families’ lives. Sadly, these children are more likely to fail in key subjects at school, more likely to have mental health problems and even more likely to be out of work as an adult. So many people care about all these social problems, but do they also recognise the massive link with speech and language challenges? If not, we need to change that.
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