Speech and Language Issues
While a hearing deficit is an obvious reason for speech and language issues, very often, some underlying biomedical reasons that are not so obvious are at play. A nonspeaking child very often has very good receptive language. They may understand everything that is said to them and around them but likely lack the fine-motor ability to speak. Learn about ways to facilitate your child’s ability to communicate in these articles below.
Speech and Language Issues Articles
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What Are Speech and Language Issues? Speech and language issues are common in children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and learning disabilities. Speech Speech is the mechanical means of the oral motor mechanism to create ... Read More
The Relationship Between Autism and the Cell Danger Response
For decades, autism has been framed through a variety of lenses including genetics, behavioral, neurological, microbiome, metabolic, and more. But what if these perspectives are all describing different pieces of a deeper, unifying biological process? Dr. Robert Naviaux, a physician-scientist ... Read More
The MTHFR Gene Mutation and Methylation
What Is MTHFR? MTHFR is a common genetic “mutation” with two primary variants: C677T and A1298C. If you get two copies of one variant, you are called homozygous; just one copy makes you heterozygous. People with a mutation have at ... Read More
From Tongue Ties to Sleep Issues: Structural-Functional Dental and Airway Issues in Kids
Many families don’t realize how deeply oral‑motor function, breathing patterns, and structural development are connected, especially when a child struggles with feeding, speech, sleep, attention or behavior. Research and clinical experience show that early patterns like breastfeeding challenges or chronic ... Read More
A Grounding Guide for Parents to Thoughtfully Evaluate New Health Interventions for Their Child
How to Avoid "Shiny Object Syndrome" Many parents today are actively looking for new health interventions to help their children feel better and thrive, especially children with chronic conditions, struggling with a multitude of symptoms, and developmental or behavioral challenges ... Read More
Mighty Mitochondria – The Body’s Master Regulators
Tiny Mitochondria Are Mighty Our mighty mitochondria perform some of the most amazing aspects of health because of their ability to convert food into energy. Mitochondria are tiny, microscopic “organelles” (essentially ancient bacterium passed down from mother to child that ... Read More
The CDC Has Worsened Developmental Delays
CDC guidance changes in 2022 worsened the impact of developmental delays by lengthening the time to intervention for more babies than before. Read on to find out why these updated guidelines are bad news for kids. What Is a Developmental ... Read More
Speech, Language, and Communication Therapies for Autism
Speech, language, and communication support are essential components of care for many individuals with autism. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide assessment and ongoing diagnostic treatment to address a wide range of communication differences and needs, from helping nonspeaking children find a ... Read More
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Moms, We See You.
If you’re raising a child with ADHD, anxiety, autism, autoimmune conditions, PANS/PANDAS, Sensory Processing Disorder, learning disorders, or something else... We see how hard this can be.And we want you to know - there is hope. In this video, moms ... Read More
Kellen’s Autism Symptoms and PANS/PANDAS Are Gone!
We helped our our son heal from autism and PANS PANDAS, and there is absolutely hope. In between fourteen months and two years, it wasn't like an overnight regression with him, but he had words, he was social, we had ... Read More
Jake Reversed Food Allergies and Childhood Apraxia of Speech
I helped my son heal from apraxia of speech and there is hope. From the time that he was born, he appeared to be very healthy. He was always very easygoing. He slept through the night at three days old, ... Read More
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