ABOUT APD
This page explains APD, discusses the effects and myths surrounding it and answers many commonly-asked questions (via a handout to print/share). There is also a downloadable document containing full details of referral, testing and diagnosis in the UK, plus criteria sheets from some of the main testing centres.
SUPPORT
This page contains a list of links to our UK and international Facebook groups
which provide support and advice for families and individuals
with APD/suspected APD and other co-existing conditions. You are welcome to join the one/s that match your needs (depending on age and location).
INFORMATION
This page contains many downloadable documents and articles about education, work and living with APD, for you to print/ share.
BOOKS
This page contains details of Alyson Mountjoy's books on APD and her blogs.
"Can I tell you about Auditory Processing Disorder" A book from the award-winning Jessica Kingsley Publishers explaining APD for
children, parents and professionals.
NEW:"Auditory Processing Disorder/APD (Identification, Diagnosis and Strategies for Parents and Professionals)" - A new book from Jessica Kingsley Publishers for parents and
professionals, published 18th March 2021.
NEW: "The secret of Auditory Processing Disorder/APD" - Written for Jessica Kingsley Publishers following the publication of her latest APD book, this new blog piece touches on some of the many issues discussed in the book itself.
The page also contains information on her APD
blog, "APD and More."
RESEARCH
This page contains requests from research projects which need your help as volunteers. It also provides links to international APD research and information. NEW - a survey for audiologists (both in the UK and internationally) on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on APD Clinical practice .
LINKS
This page contains links to other invisible
disability websites for information and support.
DISCLAIMER
All text/documents on this website ©
Alyson
Mountjoy or others as specified, all rights reserved.
Permission is granted to use/print/copy and distribute all information/articles provided, but only if done so unchanged and with copyright/authorship referenced to protect the intellectual property of any and all authors. Downloadable documents from this website are not for sale or profit.
CONTACT: apd.support.uk@aol.co.uk
- Any
information provided via this website, Facebook groups and handouts is based on over 20 years of experience, interactions and research,
gained while supporting parents of children with APD and adults with
APD. It is not medical opinion, and should not be taken as such.
- Readers are free to make up their own minds and use the recommendations as they see fit.
- Parents and adults with APD are free to choose where they seek diagnosis, but be aware that only
a consultant in audiovestibular medicine (NHS or private) is qualified to say
for certain whether APD is present. Anything else is mere speculation. Assessments elsewhere might be incomplete or incorrect and may not
constitute a valid diagnosis without the appropriate professional training and experience.
- All images used on this website are copyright-free.
- The APD Support UK logo was designed by Ni-Shou Tran.
