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The February issue of @ASHAleader features responses to the December 2018 articles on SLI vs. #devlangdis. I selected some quotes that I consider powerful, but I invite you to read the full letters and continue to be part of this important discussion. #DLD #DLDawareness
Elena Plante writes “Cut scores that accurately identify disorders are specific to the test used and can be very different across tests.”
Rebecca Vance writes “…by excluding children with nonverbal IQ scores between 75 and 85, researchers cannot expect results to generalize to the populations served by practicing clinicians.”
Lisa Goffman writes “The term “developmental” leaves open countless avenues of empirical richness that can continue to enhance our understanding of the disorder.”
Heidi Mettler writes “...the term “disorder” carries a heavier connotation than “impairment”, and thus more adequately conveys the gravity of these children’s difficulties with language and the idea that these children have different, not just delayed, language abilities.”
@tiffanyphogan writes “We must move beyond this debate to tackle practical, clinically relevant issues to ensure that SLPs have the tools to identify children with #DLD in schools, provide them quality interventions, and inform teachers and parents..."
@TELLlab writes “But consider dyslexia, where a common label helped parent groups to self-organize. The grassroots organization has successfully advocated for legislation to improve access to services…"
Mary Alt writes “No term is perfect, and researchers will always have differing opinions on specific research. The stoking of this debate is a missed opportunity to unify people around a common cause.”
Rhea Paul writes “Without this consensus, though, we are unlikely to be able to rally the public support necessary to expand the resources for research in our field.”
@silg11111 writes “We do not have evidence that children with SLI who have nonverbal IQ scores in the 70-85 range represent a different phenotype than those with higher scores”.
@mcgregor_karla writes “By coming to consensus on the term #DLD, the CATALISE consortium made progress in removing this barrier to awareness. As we debate, other countries move forward.”
