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Jonathan Brown’s three-year-old daughter is bright and happy – but struggling to speak. Just how worried should her parents be? He describes their search for answers
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Keeping quiet: happy and gregarious, Lucy was just not able to put the words together that she needed to communicate
Everyone remembers their child’s first smile, the first time they sat up or those initial stumbling steps as they lurch towards your open arms. Each landmark is joyous payback for all that hard work, the dirty nappies and the long sleepless nights.
But probably the most exciting of all are those first words. These halting sounds signify the moment we really start to get to know our child, the beginning of one of the most meaningful relationships we will have with another person. After all, speech is perhaps the defining characteristics that makes us human and let’s face it, we all love to talk.
Yet for all the importance we place on the ability to communicate it is estimated that one million children in Britain today struggle to do so. Our three-year-old daughter Lucy is one of them. … Continue Reading
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