Chrysanthemum
Well-Known Member
Do you think that the prognosis of a child with a disability, especially those with either an autism spectrum disorder or difficulties with language (or both), can be estimated at a very young age (at 5 or below)?
Personally, I absolutely don’t believe so because I think that just because a child doesn’t develop certain skills at the expected time doesn’t mean he or she will never develop them, but on the other hand I guess it is possible at times that development in the future may be slower than expected, and think that only time can really reveal the future of a very young child. However, I do believe that therapies or extra support when indicated are of somewhat importance for a child to reach his or her full potential (for example, because I had quite significant speech delay, I had speech therapy from about 4 years old to a teenager, and I do wonder whether my language would have been less developed had I not gotten it).
Personally, I absolutely don’t believe so because I think that just because a child doesn’t develop certain skills at the expected time doesn’t mean he or she will never develop them, but on the other hand I guess it is possible at times that development in the future may be slower than expected, and think that only time can really reveal the future of a very young child. However, I do believe that therapies or extra support when indicated are of somewhat importance for a child to reach his or her full potential (for example, because I had quite significant speech delay, I had speech therapy from about 4 years old to a teenager, and I do wonder whether my language would have been less developed had I not gotten it).