Their experience and knowledge-based evaluation should help in distinguishing between the other childhood fluency disorders that may affect those with ASD from stuttering. Speech-language pathologists, who are also familiar with ASD in children are the ideal candidates for the diagnosis and therapy of speech disfluency in children with ASD. The interaction between ASD and speech fluency disorders is a nascent area of research. Hence it is challenging to notice speech disfluencies like stuttering until they reach school-age. There can be a sudden onset of stuttering in children with autism due to emotional stress, changing environment and/or social challenges.Ĭhildren with ASD have multiple issues with communication and social interactions. Since it is a complex disorder that has widely varying signs and symptoms, diagnosis can occur between the ages of 2 and 8 years.
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