Living with motor neurone disease

Webinar details

This webinar featured chair, Claire Moser, Policy Adviser at the RCSLT, and presenters:

Steven Bloch, Senior Lecturer in Communication Disorders, University College London
Jennifer Bedford, Head of Partnerships, Motor Neurone Disease Association

This recording will be of interest to you if you:

• are living with the condition or know who someone who is;
• are a speech and language therapist, or other health and care professional, who works with people living with motor neurone disease;
• would like information on how people living with motor neurone disease can be supported to speak, communicate and swallow safely.

This webinar with the Motor Neurone Disease Association highlights:

• The impact of motor neurone disease on speech, communication, and swallowing.
• How speech and language therapy supports people living with motor neurone disease.
• How the Motor Neurone Disease Association supports people living with motor neurone disease and professionals working with them.

Learning aims:- After this webinar, participants will be familiar with:

• How speech, communication and swallowing are affected by motor neurone disease
• How speech and language therapy can support people living with  motor neurone disease.
• The Motor Neurone Disease Association and the support it offers professionals and people living with motor neurone disease.
• The support the RCSLT offers its members, including its relevant networks.