Key points
- There are several types of motor disorders with different characteristics
- Motor disorders are any condition that permanently limits normal body movement, posture and/or control
- Speech and language therapists (SLTs) promote the development and use of effective speech, communication and language systems
- SLTs promote the development of eating and drinking skills, ensuring safe nutrition and safe swallowing patterns
What are motor disorders?
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Motor disorders are any condition that permanently limits normal body movement, posture and/or control.
Individuals with physical impairments often also have other impairments, such as vision and hearing impairment, as well as communication difficulties and dysphagia.
Related topic areas
Role of speech and language therapy in motor disorders
Speech and language therapists promote:
- Development and use of effective speech, communication and language systems
- Development of eating and drinking skills, ensuring safe nutrition and safe swallowing patterns
Resources
Giving Voice – Complex Needs in Special Schools
Key organisations
- Action Cerebral Palsy
- Association for Rehabilitation of Communication and Oral Skills (ARCOS)
- British Academy of Childhood Disability
- British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD)
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD)
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance
- Communication Matters
- Council for Disabled Children
- Dyspraxia Foundation
- Livability
- Mencap National Centre
- Muscular Dystrophy UK
- National Autistic Society
- RNID
- SCOPE
- SCPE: Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe
- SENSE
- Shine – spina bifida and hydrocephalus
- Speech and Language UK
- Spina Bifida Association
- UP: The Adult Cerebral Palsy Movement
