



The aim of this website is simply to provide FREE information about Auditory Processing Disorder/APD and links to support for living with this disabling condition.
This website
is for anyone who has APD or suspects it, wants information on this subject, wants to support those that have APD at any age, or simply learn more about it.
Although based in the UK, this website
provides information to everyone, everywhere: APD is a global condition. APD is for life.
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.
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).
This page contains many downloadable documents and articles about education, work and living with APD, for you to print/ share.
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."
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 .
This page contains links to other invisible disability websites for information and support.
As an unincorporated association of like-minded individuals, our aim is
to to provide support and advice on the unique nature of APD, and promote:
• awareness and recognition of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) as a
disability throughout the United Kingdom (UK) and beyond;
• standardised UK-wide specialist, multi-discipline APD testing for individuals
of all ages;
• standardised UK-wide training for education, medical and other professionals
and organisations in the recognition, diagnosis and support of individuals with
APD of all ages;
• wider research into APD, and;
• provision of lifelong, tailored support in education, work and all aspects of
life for individuals with APD of all ages, to accommodate their unique APD
profile and any/all other co-morbid conditions and their level of disability."
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
Please email if you need further information for yourself, your child, or a person with APD (or suspected APD) in your care as an educational or medical professional.
CONTACT: apd.support.uk@aol.co.uk
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