Toddler
All Talk, No Babble
Help! My toddler is very quiet and not even babbling. I am concerned that they should be evaluated sooner. Do you have advice?
Toddler
Speech Delays in the Age of Coronavirus
Help! I think my toddler may be speech delayed. But also, we’re bilingual at home. How do I get them evaluated during the COVID-19 shutdowns? What can I do?
Education
Pushing Back on a Pushy Therapist
Mom is in a sticky situation with a speech therapist who is insisting that her preschooler needs weekly therapy. But finances are very tight. Is there workaround to propose?
Education
Special Needs Services: Public, Private or Both?
A mom is getting increasingly more special needs diagnoses for her toddler and has been DIYing her therapies so far. She asks about the pros and cons of going through the Early Intervention process.
Health & Safety
Speech Delay: To Evaluate or Not To Evaluate
A mom is being told to have her toddler sent to a speech therapist but wants to understand the benefits of doing so first. Amalah has very strong opinions about this.
Health & Safety
Why Are Girls With Autism Different?
It’s often said that girls on the autism spectrum “present differently,” but what exactly does that mean? Today we’re looking at both generalities and a few hallmark specifics of how autistic girls are unlike their male counterparts.
Health & Safety
The Stages of Special Needs Grief
A mom needs help and support for herself as she comes to terms with her son’s varied special needs diagnoses.
Toddler
Dispatches From Speech Delay Island
My son is about to be evaluated for a speech delay and I’ve never felt so alone.
Young Child
Talking to Your Child About Their Special Needs
At what point — when special education and speech therapy and other services are the norm in your child’s life — do you explain to them that they’re different? And how?
Toddler
What to Expect in Speech Therapy
How to get the most out of early intervention services.
Toddler
Dealing with Developmental-Delay Deniers
“My daughter is speech delayed. So why is my family arguing with me about it?”