the internet. Chances are everything is fine but if a child does have special needs, early intervention is likely to be a good thing. ‘Also it often depends on whether the milestone is just late or whether it is disordered as well. My two-and-a-half-year-old has very unclear speech – and I’ve lost count of the number of people who have told me about late speakers. The thing is though that his speech isn’t delayed, it is disordered – he is trying to put it together incorrectly – speech sound development should follow a fairly set pattern, he’s all over the place – and that is often more of a problem than a delay and usually doesn’t get better by itself (and can indicate other problems).’
( Jimjams)
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