By Maija C. Hahn, M.S., CCC-SLP | The Defender | March 7, 2022 Last month, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) issued new developmental language standards for American children. The updated guidance states that a 2-and-a-half-year-old child is now expected to say only 50 words. As an autism specialist and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association-certified speech-language pathologist, I am appalled the […]
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