DLD vs LDx

Autism

• DLD

• LDx

Behaviour difficulties

• DLD

• LDx

Intellectual Disability

• DLD

• LDx

Speech Sound Disorder

• DLD

• LDx

Developmental Coordination Disorder

• DLD

• LDx

Clinical case example: Max (4;1) has received 3 blocks of intervention.

Upon re-assessment you make the following observations:

- Monolingual English language learner

- Significantly below average receptive and expressive language skills

- Continued difficulty using grammar, understanding syntactic structures, and finding words

- Unremarkable medical history

Family history of literacy difficulties

U

• DLD

• LDx

• Language Difficulty

• Language Delay