Families’ expectations about bilingual parenting can be disrupted when they receive the news that their child has a language or communication disorder. What are these disorders?  The most frequent are developmental language disorder (DLD), which affects the abilities to understand or produce sentences or structured speech without being explained by neurological causes, intellectual disability or sensory deficits. Simplifying, […] … learn more→

Developmental language disorder or DLD is a lifelong disorder that affects language comprehension and expression. People with DLD find it more difficult to say what they mean and to understand others. About two students in every classroom of 30 will have DLD, so it is about as common as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and much more common than autism. […] … learn more→