This is a warning to all the Speech and Language Therapists who may encounter my children in the future. As an undergrad at EIU, I was required to take a Language Development class for my Special Education degree and therefore I am a self proclaimed semi-expert. I also have the internet as a backup in case I need further assitance. ;)
I have been searching for a diagnosis for A2. I am sure all of her oddities stem from some type of a language disorder. I just can't decide which one at this point.
To start with she has articulation problems. She has the typical /f/ for /th/ like fings instead of things and /v/ for /b/ like Rovvie instead of Robbie. She also has a few STRANGE errors. She will add an extra /l/ blend in words like blanana and plaino for banana and piano. The weirdest is the additional /r/ sound in coppering instead of copying. We have tried correcting her but she refuses to change the way she says them.
Her main language problem currently is incorrect/bizarre word substitutions. The first time I noticed this was when she told me my car smelled guilty. I laughed it off as A2 just being silly. A few weeks ago she complained that the toy room was guilty and she didn't want to clean it up alone. I asked her what it "guilty" meant and she told me dirty. She was meaning "filthy." I corrected her but she continued to call messy things "guilty."
On Saturday she asked me why people "glittered." At first I was thrown off by this. I caught A1's eye in the review mirror. She was equally confused. Then I remember there was a time last winter when she asked me why there was so much glitter on the ground... DUH litter! A1 had a good laugh when we cracked this one. She was imagining people running around sprinkling glitter everywhere. I corrected A2 but she continues to call it glittering.
I am sure A2 has some type of Speech/Language Disorder. Stubborn Goofball is a language problem right?
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