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Cerebral dominance for language function in adults with specific language impairment or autism

A link between developmental language disorders and atypical cerebral lateralization has been postulated since the 1920s, but evidence has been indir…

Autism and diagnostic substitution: Evidence from a study of adults with a history of developmental language disorder

Rates of diagnosis of autism have risen since 1980, raising the question of whether some children who previously had other diagnoses are now being di…

Language outcomes of 7-year-old children with or without a history of late language emergence at 24 months

The aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 mon…

About the Australian Early Development Index

The Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) program is conducted by the Centre for Community Child Health

Start early to boost Indigenous student services

Child health expert Fiona Stanley says effective action to break the cycle of disadvantage for Aboriginal children must begin well before they start…

Late language emergence at 24 months: an epidemiological study of prevalence, predictors, and covariates

The primary objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of late language emergence (LLE) and to investigate the predictive status of ma…

The recruitment and retention of Speech and Language Therapists: What do university students find important?

The increasing need for speech and language therapy (SLT) services, coupled with poor employment retention rates, poses serious cost-benefit consider…

The broader language phenotype of Autism: A comparison with Specific Language Impairment

Some individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience linguistic difficulties similar to those found in individuals with specific language…

Inner speech impairments in autism

Three experiments investigated the role of inner speech deficit in cognitive performances of children with autism.

Late talking toddlers: new research debunks the myths

New research findings from the world's largest study predicting children's late language emergence has revealed that parents are not to blame for lat…