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Receptive language difficulties (i.e., difficulty understanding what others are saying) affect people of various age groups in Australia. If your child is identified as struggling with their receptive language.

Stuttering affects approximately 1 in every 100 people. Stuttering usually emerges during early childhood, often between the ages of 2 and 5 years, when children are developing their speech and language skills. Temporary speech disfluencies during childhood.

If you, your child or someone you know currently has a diagnosis of Specific Language Impairment (SLI), you can speak to a speech pathologist about having your diagnosis updated.

It is estimated that Social Communication Disorder (SCD) affects up to 7.5% of children. Males are diagnosed more frequently than females. If your child is diagnosed with Social Communication Disorder.

Phonological delay or disorder affects roughly 9% of children in Australia. If your child is identified as having a phonological delay or disorder, it is important to know you are not alone. Families all around the country are supporting a child with a phonological delay.

Most people have heard of dyslexia (difficulty with reading) but not many people have heard of its twin sister, dysgraphia (difficulty with writing).Technically speaking, dysgraphia is one of three different types of Specific Learning Disorder (SLD).

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) affects 1 in 14 people in Australia (that’s two in every classroom!). You may not have heard of DLD before so if you or someone you know has been diagnosed with DLD, it is important to know you are not alone.

When learning to talk, most children use ‘patterns’ to simplify the sounds in words, making them easier to say. These patterns, or phonological processes, are a normal part of language development; they are usually temporary.

It is estimated that 1 in 70 people in Australia are autistic. So if you or your child are autistic, or you are noticing some of the various characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is important to know that you are not alone.

When learning to talk, most children use ‘patterns’ to simplify the sounds in words, making them easier to say. These patterns, or phonological processes, are a normal part of language development; they are usually temporary and typically disappear as children get older and their speech becomes clearer.

When learning to talk, most children simplify the sounds in words, making them easier to say. Sometimes this type of speech pattern becomes automatic, and a child has an inability to produce a specific speech sound correctly. 

Understanding phonological processes can help parents to better understand typical speech developmental milestones. Speech Pathologists in Australia are specially trained to help parents with this knowledge and improve the speech development of children who have not reached typical developmental milestones.

When learning to talk, most children use ‘patterns’ to simplify the sounds in words, making them easier to say. These patterns, or phonological processes, are a normal part of language development; they are usually temporary and typically disappear as children get older and their speech becomes clearer.

Fragile X Syndrome affects about 1 in 4,000 boys and 1 in 9,000 girls in Australia. Many people have never heard of FXS, so it can be a shock when your child is given an FXS diagnosis for the first time. However, it is important to know you are not alone, and early diagnosis and intervention can make a real difference.

Dyslexia affects about 10% of the Australian population. Technically speaking, dyslexia is one of three different types of Specific Learning Disorder (SLD). These days, dyslexia is often referred to as ‘Specific Learning Disorder with impairment in reading’.