DLD is a relatively unknown problem, it affects more than a seven per cent of children and it’s 20 times more common than autism. Even that, about a 40% of the population has never heard of it.
As The Conversation exposes, DLD is often identified in the late preschool-age but it could be identifies in school-age children or later; and sometimes it isn’t identified, so there’s a need for more public awareness because it affects so many children and it have significant long lasting effects that could be significantly reduced with an appropriate intervention.
SYMPTOMS. Thordardottir, E., Law, J., Roulstone, S. (2020)
The symptoms can vary on the different children and people tend to associate it with grammatical errors, but research on DLD error patterns has shown that those children stop doing grammatical errors and it isn’t a prominent symptom.
Teachers can identify DLD looking for those symptoms:
Smaller vocabulary than they peers.
Smaller grammatical repertoire.
Difficulties on understanding and using complex language.
Difficulties understanding social rules of language.
Teachers and parents have to be aware about school difficulties, smaller social skills and low lecture skills cause it can be DLD.
As every disorder it is important to catch it on time and as earlier as possible.
Thordardottir, E., Law, J., Roulstone, S. (16 de novembre de 2020). If your child has reading, school or social struggles, it may be DLD: Developmental language disorder. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/if-your-child-has-reading-school-or-social-struggles-it-may-be-dld-developmental-language-disorder-146438
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