Emilia Hagman

In my degree project, I focus on the diagnosis of language disorders and how teachers in the upper secondary schools work with visual support in their teaching to simplify the instruction for students with this diagnosis. Language disorders are one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), but are also difficult to detect because they mimic other NDD diagnoses.

Knowledge about the diagnosis is limited, which means that many lack understanding of the challenges people with language disorders encounter in their daily lives. With this work, I want to not only highlight how upper secondary teachers work with visual support, but also raise awareness of the language disorder diagnosis.