Understanding Developmental Delays

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  Global Developmental Delay: Causes, Signs, and Support

  There may be many obstacles along the way, including: Lack of access to the right medical attention, specialists, and care. Lack of access to the right information about the possible genetic syndrome or rare disease the family faces. The possibility of misdiagnosis. Being stranded in a diagnostic journey, unsure of where and how to access the right information or medical specialists and testing to reach a diagnosis. Lack of support as the family navigates a new reality and future.

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  How to Talk to Your Child’s Pediatrician About Developmental Delays

  As a parent, it’s natural to worry about your child’s development. You may have concerns about their speech, motor skills, social interactions, or a developmental milestone they didn’t meet. These concerns can be especially challenging when you don’t know what to do or who to turn to for help. Your child’s pediatrician can offer guidance, support, and referrals to specialists if needed. It’s important to approach the conversation with your child’s pediatrician in a way that maximizes the information you can get. In this article, we’ll offer some tips on how to talk to your child’s pediatrician about developmental delays.

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  What is Cognitive Developmental Delay?

  Cognitive development delay refers to a delay in an individual’s acquisition of cognitive and mental functioning skills. Cognitive skills may also be referred to as thinking skills. They refer to our ability to think, learn and problem solve.

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  When to Worry About Speech Delay (or not)

  Parents of young children are often concerned about their child meeting growth and developmental milestones. Is my baby sitting up when she should be? Is my little boy walking too late? How late do children ordinarily begin talking, as a rule? Should I be worried if my toddler can run everywhere but still hasn’t said a single word?

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  The Reasons for Speech Delay in Toddlers

  Speech delay refers to a delay with the ability to form and make sounds, and use known and acquired vocabulary to communicate through speech. Speech delay means issues with mispronunciations and unclear speech, making someone with speech delay difficult to understand.

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  Developmental Delay in Adults

  Developmental delay which first presents in infancy and childhood, and which then extends into adulthood, is often known as a developmental disability. In some cases developmental delay can be overcome, depending on its cause and severity, and it does not always extend into adulthood.

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  Developmental Delay in Toddlers – Parents Guide

  Developmental delay is a delay in one or more areas of a child’s (birth-18) development. The areas of a child’s development include their physical, cognitive and intellectual, social and emotional, and speech and language development.

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  Developmental Delay in Babies – Parents Guide

  Developmental delay in children or infants refers to an inability to reach skills (gross motor, language, cognitive) that are expected according to a set age. Developmental delay can occur in just one area of development, say physical development delay, or it can happen across different areas of development and skills.

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  Can I Identify Speech Delay at 18 Months?

  We take a look at the speech milestones for infants and toddlers, as well as the causes and signs of speech delay and why there might be cause for concern with your 18 months old’s speech development. Speech delay is defined as a delay in how and when a child learns to speak. Speech delay generally refers to a child’s speaking ability, ability to form words and sentences, rather than their ability to comprehend speech and how it works. A child with speech delay may have no language comprehension issues but will struggle to form words for speech.

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