The Importance of Recognizing and Advocating for Developmental Language Disorder and Speech Sound Disorder

This chapter discusses the differences between dyslexia, developmental language disorder, and speech sound disorder, highlighting the lack of awareness and advocacy for the latter two. It explores how speech sound production is both a motor and linguistic act, and argues against separating articulation and phonology. The speakers also emphasize the importance of research, improved conversations between clinicians and researchers, and the need for clinicians to advocate for children with speech sound disorders.