Living with DLD as a Teenager
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- This year, as part of our efforts to raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), we have created a video exploring what it is like to be a teenager living with DLD. Students from Moor House College discuss what DLD is, how this affects their lives and how speech and language therapy supports them.
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I was diagnosed with severe DLD, my diagnose was that i might never learn to speak properly and will have difficulties trough my adulthood. I overcame my DLD, i speak properly and i have even learned a second language. Here are some pointers from me.
1. Very good source material to help DLD to recover is watching lot of cartoons and movies as they learn the meanings behind the sentences and usages of the sentences. If the cartoon or movie has their own word for something, then there is a risk that DLD will call that with same word as in the movie or cartoon. Example: Land before time movies have their own names for dinosaurs, Longneck, Sharptooth, etc... I called T-Rex as ''Sharptooth'' for many years before i noticed it myself that it's a word children use.
2. I know 2 languages, when i have difficulties finding the word what i want to say... I just say it in a different language. For some reason i can't recall the word i want to say in my main language, but i know what it is in English and will say it in English. The reason is because i have not used that word so often in my main language, so naturally i have difficulties recalling it... But i have used that same word in English a lot more and have easier time recalling it in English.
3. That one guy in this video who did not speak properly, i had same thing. I did not talk until age of 5, i actually talked before age of 5.... But not with the language my parents understood. My speech sounded gibberish to them. In some clinic i had speech therapy to help me recover from this problem. I still remember one word i used before the speech therapy and that was airplane, because airplane was the first word i learned to pronounce... I used to call airplane as ''Aeon''
Hi, so how is cartoon a good source for students with DLD if you yourself kept using the word "sharptooth" for T-Rex? isnt that contradictory to what students are supposed to do? Thanks. Just curious
Thankyou for sharing your story and for the helpful post❤️
Thank you to share your history with us, give me some hope with my 3y son.
I have a question when you was 5 and you began to talk were you able to have a proper conversation with people and you spoke clearly and they were able to understand you? My son is almost 4 and he still talks gibberish alot. He knows how to talk and ask for what he wants he just cant speak it clearly and he cant understand or answer certain questions. I'm wondering is it just his expressive language disorder or is it something else.
@@MissDub16 Well, i felt like i had normal conversations as a child... But my parents said i talked lot of gibberish. My 1 year younger brother translated what i said to my parents, so that should give you an idea. I spoke normally, but i had lot of gibberish mixed in. The only word i can remember from my gibberish language is ''Aeon'' and it meant ''airplane''. What you just said to me sounds like your son could have DLD, if he keeps calling certain things with ''gibberish'' language over and over again. For example in my case when i called airplane ''Aeon'', i always said ''Aeon'' when i talked about airplane. So if your son uses same ''gibberish'' word on something, it is HUGE sign it's DLD. I talked somewhat normally, but i had lot of gibberish words mixed in normal talk. So it was hard for my parents to understand what i meant when i used gibberish words to describe something.
My son was diagnosed with it, he is 3; he doesn’t want to talk at all, he knows the words but he doesn’t want to talk, he says “ candy” to make short, but he refuses to say “ I want candy “ takes so many tries and negotiations to make a full sentence, he does speech therapy over one year I can’t wait to some day have a conversation with my son
My 6 year old daughter has had speech and language involvement since she was 2 and was diagnosed with DLD/ SLI last year. Something I have never heard of and knew nothing about. Obviously tried to find out everything I could as was worried about her future, not just at school, friendships etc but college, job prospects and beyond. There is so little information out there, all I got was a little book from speech therapist and discharged. I was worried sick. Luckily she is very happy at a fantastic school. We were given the option of a language unit last year but educational psychologist agreed that moving a happy child from her friends etc wasn't necessary at the moment. It's nice to hear young people talk about their experience with this. Helps me worry a little less.
Omg my son is going through the exact same thing right now, his school is amazing and all the teacher and students love him, they also really try their best to accommodate his needs with multiple speech and language 1 on 1 lessons. I was also given the option to go to a speech and language school, but I'm still not sure, I've researched the school and the kids do improve but he has made such a good group of friends and I feel very blessed that we found his school because I was a nervous wreck before he started school, I assumed he wouldn't make much friends because he can't communicate properly but it's the complete opposite. But I'm thinking am I just being selfish, is a social life more important than his development in speech? Even though his current school is doing a great job, I do wonder if he doesn't go the progress would be slow or not complete and it will linger on to secondary school. I'm really in two minds.
I’m in 8th grade and I don’t exactly have DLD, but I have mild-moderate MERLD
I found papers of my diagnosis in 2013, and had bee been put into ESL as well as treatment outside of school for about 6 months if I can remember. I still remember the ESL teacher asking me to identify an object/word ? That began with the letter “i”, and when I said it she was a bit surprised I could pronounce things fine.
But that didn’t mean i was over MERLD. But I guess it did kind of help me improve?
Now that I am in 8th grade, and I am in a distinction class (a class people who are smart/hardworking in general are allocated into)
...especially in English, our teachers use more complicated language when explaining and expect more from us when we do our work. Especially in English I find myself constantly asking for help and complaining I do not understand the text we’re studying.
Don’t think my ENG teacher wants to put up with any more of m complaints... because I’m in distinction...!!
For me It makes it hard for me to make friends and know the meaning behind asking questions or saying things, like what I am trying to come off as or what I'm trying to do in a conversation a lot of the time I say 1 thing and I can't follow up with another word witch can make no sense and be awkward for me another thing is it can make it hard for me to understand questions, in bookwork I keep answering the questions wrong because I have no idea what its trying to ask me
This video is beautiful. My 5 year old son is diagnosed with DLED and is suggested sessions for help. I am very positive on it. This video made me feel that there is no problem with my parenting but I need to be little more empathetic towards my son and provide him resources to be a better version of himself
They express themselves better than I.
Yeah same lol
Me too and I have DLD
My daughter is Olivia in this video ☺
My daughter is 5 and was diagnosed with this recently. She does well in school but has a hard time communicating. She is verbal and talks a lot, but it's very hard to understand her. I have her in speech and that has benefited her exponentially but she's still socially behind. Is there anything I can do to help her more?
I'm so glad to see these wonderful young people in a brilliant school that is helping them with their DLD and giving them a great set up.
My 5 year old son (he will be 6 next month) was given the diagnosis of DLD last week by a speech therapist. I am relieved that we finally have a name for my son's difficulties, which have been obvious since the age of 2.
It's great to read so many comments about your child's school being helpful, supportive and encouraging for your child. Sadly, I can't say the same to be true with my son's school. It has been a total battle to get a diagnosis. I've had to seek help privately as the school hasn't intervened. He is in year 1 and completely unable to read, write proper words and finds answering questions so hard. I think of him every day going in and feeling lost.
Still a week on I have heard nothing from the school, so I'm going to have to go fight some more for my wonderful boy.
Despite DLD he is the happiest, funniest and most adorable boy, who is loved so much by so many. Just wish he was getting the help he deserved.
This school looks wonderful, thanks for making this video ❤️
Hope your sons doing better now
My son is also in year one and we are at the exact same stage as you. We got the diagnosis recently and I have limited knowledge about this disorder. It's scary and heart breaking. Is it really life long ?
My son has this.... He is so happy... N so sporty... But falls really behind in class... This is brill... So little information out there. Looking at my beautiful ten year old boy. He has perfect n normal features. Hes speech is perfect ably understandable.... But like it's like the boys says... Its invisible. People don't see it. Thank you all for this vedio. I'd limelight it through the world if I could X
Thank you for this video. As a teacher, it has been a great introduction to learning about DLD for me to help my students further. I wish all of these fabulous young people all the best for their future and every other person with DLD too. You are all fabulous!
I have this now at 30 years old it's so hard to make friends and talking to new people.
I’m diagnosed with DLD but ive tried so hard in school, that I’m in normal class and not speech and language disorder classes.
Yeah I’ve also been diagnosed and am in normal classes.
Any tips for my son who also has DLD? How can I make it easier for him to learn so that he can thrive in a normal school?
Joe is so handsome!!! Aaaahh! I'm screaming!!!
Thank you so much for making this video. I have a 5 boy who was diagnosed with Developmentally Delayed: Cognitive and Communicative. I didn't know what it would mean long term because there aren't many videos out there that cover this. This helps me so much.
If you need someone to talk too just reach out. Im Olivias mum , the girl in the video
What a brilliant video. Well done!
Nice video - Thanks! I will definitely recommend to students and families
Great students wih a brilant life a head of them. Awesome speech with lots off positive thoughts.
I’m not sure if I have this but I think I do. Sometimes is hard for me to express something because I just don’t make sense and it’s hard for me to pronounce words. And when I get really nervous my hispanic accent comes in and find it hard to process the word. I talk English good and it’s hard to tell if I have an accent but I noticed when I get really nervous and I am talking to someone my accent comes through and I find it hard to finish what I’m gonna say. I stutter sometimes but very rarely.
Thats anxiety..
@Johan Lexis anxiety doesn't affect how you express yourself and process information..! What Alex is saying, sounds like more than anxiety.
I’m from Brazil and immigrant in USA, what they feels it’s exactly what I feel. It’s hard express my self and be me in another language. My son have 3 years old and I suspect he have DLD.
Thank you for the video. It's very helpful to show my students other young people and how they can benefit from SALT. I have to pause the video when the sad music starts towards the end because it brings the mood in the class down quite considerably. Just food for thought that perhaps a more up beat piece of music is more appropriate for a video that is generally very positive.
thank you for the infomation about DLD because today my 6 years old girl diagnosed with language disorder.i need more information about DLD.
My daughter would love to connect with a group of young people with DLD. We live in South Africa so not much support here. It can be lonely for her as she struggles to make friends.
Inspirational young people!
Hi!! I love this video, I have a 4 year old who has just been diagnosed with DLD and he's bilingual for Spanish and English, where we live we don't have much information for this disorder and is commonly confused with autism. As a mom most of the time I wonder how my kid will carry on with the help of therapy, so looking at these bright and awesome teenagers makes me hopeful for the future :)
Can we say that DLD is the equivalent of having both a receptive and expressive language disorder? Thank you!
I have it too. So does my 7 year old
Thats axactly how i feel but when i talk in english it is better
My son 12 has just been diagnosed with dld and has suspected austism. He has been avoiding school lately and he begs me not to send him in because he cant understand and its too much. I can't watch him struggle in this school any longer. Any advice is very welcome he is becoming depressed.
my son is 19 years old and has DLD where in the US can I get him help
Damn it's sucks that I have to go through this
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Dld l have got it and only show now and them.
can you have DLD if you have problems only remembering the words and saying the wrong ones and correcting yourself right away (wrong words or/and grammatical error)? I have spoken language problems too rarely when i cant hear myself talking, too tired or multitasking (stuttering, cant pronounce the words properly). I fit the criteria for aspergers and ADHD too.
It's a spectrum man. Apparently this disorder Is common to be paired with ASD and ADHD too. I'm simmilar to you and also have ADHD and Aspergers and do the same with my speech.
@@arise3707 same here, what can we do about it?
@colonizemj For me it's a huge struggle. I can't really articulate more than a sentence, always mix words up and get confused, slur and stutter words due to talking to fast, and have horrible recall of memory. At the moment I'm trying to receive support through a speech therapist whom can diagnose DLD (or simmilar disorders) and who can create strategies to support me. I'm not sure if you can gain access to someone like this? If you aren't diagnosed with ASD and or ADHD too I would get those diagnosed through a psych as well to to receive extra support and clarity. Obviously this isn't going to fix it too but it will help live your life in less turmoil. I hope that helps. Also don't forget that you're not alone man.🙂
@@arise3707 im on a high dose b1 protocol right now, along with electrolyte supplements and other things, it helps, it can easily be mitochondrial dysfunction in the brain, among other things. fasting theoretically helps with neuroplasticity. apperently a lot of the times neurological issues are actually caused by nutrient deprivation of the the brain/gut problems, or even too much of something.
I got diagnosed today with dld
i am 16 year old not good my language in type text and read
an unhelpfully overarching umbrella term for what are clearly distinct disorders with different treatment needs.