We at Awesome Archie spend so much of our time trying to keep up with recent neurological developments and sharing any news , hints and tips with the many mainstream schools and families that we are blessed to support.
We are fortunate to have many phenomenal connections now both across the SEN industry and with life long experienced families who share their knowledge to help us support others.
That is what has prompted this week’s blog. We were approached by a family looking to get support with Speech and Language for their child. Innitially they believed them to have DLD but are now recognising the additional signs of their child being autistic.
Their question to us was… “But how can you tell ? They are so similar from the speech perspective!”
SO… obviously we can only take you from an Autism perspective as we are in no way equipped to share the brilliant knowledge of a qualified speech and language therapist ( we know an EPIC one…. more on that later ) but we made this for you to help break it down an little. What astonished me were the ” crossovers”, no wonder people get confused?!
We hope that by creating this little graphic, you may feel more empowered to head towards the right diagnosis path for your child. From our Autism perspective, we would say that speech is the commonality but when you look past the speech and perhaps see other presentations you may get a clearer picture.
Heaven knows that its a long and drawn out process in the first place, the last thing you need is to head one way and then as your child grows and develops, you start to recognise things that no longer fit the DLD profile and are far more relevant for Autism.
However, speech delay from any root cause needs to be supported by a trusted and experienced Speech and Language therapist and fortunately for you, we have one that we can personally recommend …HIGHLY!
Jill Thornton is our local SaLT of choice!
Private Speech and Language therapy services for schools and families in Bournemouth, Poole and around Dorset
Jill Thornton is a private Speech & Language Therapist, with over 30 years experience, offering therapy services to schools and children in Bournemouth and Poole and around Dorset.
Jill can provide high quality speech and language
sessions whilst providing a practical model to parents, teachers and teaching assistants.
We have attached her website details for you to check out as we have seen great things from her work! BLOOMING WELL DONE JILL 🙂 Link to her website is below ⬇
https://jillspeechtherapy.com/
