An 'invisible' teen is stuck in limbo where "her world is her bedroom" after leaving college due to her experience of "isolation and constantly being let down".
Ellen Dormer, 17, has a developmental language disorder (DLD) that causes difficulty processing words spoken to her and trouble putting words together. Struggling to express herself and follow conversations, Ellen has few friends and left college in November after reasonable adjustments weren't put in place.
Now the Thornton teen's "world is her bedroom, it's becoming smaller and smaller, she's more and more isolated", and the clock is ticking down on her future, according to mum Roisin, who said: "She feels angry, frustrated, let down, invisible, unwanted. She said she was like a piece of left luggage that nobody wants to claim, being passed from pillar to post."
