Expressive Language Disorder - Sariah age 10

[amarandivyt]

NOOBS. TREAT THAT WITH MARIHUANA !!!.  case solved !

[jallious2]

Genetics, yes, but then they can be enchanced through medication (or withdrawal) so that they further debilitate.

[funkmex75]

I was never diagnosed with this disorder, but I believe I may have it. It's a very difficult life especially when you are 36 years old trying to hold down a job. You can sense people making fun of you behind your back, because they think of you as "unintelligent". I wish you the best of luck Sariah. Keep doing what you're doing.

[kuroneko99]

How can people follow this video with all the music + the subtitles + kid in the background + her dialogue going at the same time? If this is her environment and the expectation put on her, no wonder she can't keep track of her thoughts - I can't follow them with all these distractions either.

[MRORiverside]

Is she still able to write out sentences with all the words she wants to use or does that have any deficiencies in what she wants to say as well?

[heavenlyeve]

i have this too. i don't know if mine's as bad as hers, but i got diagnosed with aspergers, mathematics disorder, expressive-recsessive language disorder, gender identity disorder. it's hard to handle life when it's full of disorders, especially when no one understands you.

[andreal718]

very helpful!! My daughter is 9 and she may have ELS I started treatment since she was 2 with no big results

she is a normal girl but she struggles to communicate even with me!

I don't know where else to go to help her !

I have the same situation you have with Sariah with my girl.

[ohmerdesign]

i just want to hug her.

My son, Sagan, is so much like little Sariah. He is also 10 and has so many difficulties in expressing himself both verbally and orally. Thanks for sharing your story with us.

[RWAR2010]

I am a student studying communication sciences and disorders. I was just curious to know if you all knew if Sariah has recieved any assistance from a Speech-Language Pathologist?

[instagasm]

my daughter is 7 and has mixed expressive receptive language disorder. but she can not always organize sentances so that she makes sense. she also has PDD-NOS which is in the Autism spectrum,that is the reason for her mixed expressive receptive language disorder.

[aleisterbatman]

I'm fairly certain that I have this. I've never actually been diagnosed with it though. As a kid I was diagnosed with having a reading disability, but I never really had any problem with comprehension. I don't know some schools just don't believe in differential diagnosis.

[bluejay148]

hi ok yeah its kinda diffecult to express sometimes espeically when a person ask a hard question and also when they are angry asking the same question until a person anwsers well u know what i mean

[bluejay148]

i have it sense i was born

[Sox20009]

I had that disorder since I was turning 3. (I'm 15 now)

[bluejay148]

hi i have that aswell im 36 now

[Sox20009]

@bluejay148 Me too

[ethelbeans]

Oh my goodness, my son talks just like this too and he is 10yrs old. We are getting him evaluated at the end of the month. He was actually evaluated at 15 mos of age because he had no words at that point, but we kind of brushed it off at the time even though he scored very low in his receptive and expressive language. Sooo wished we hadn't done that. We thought he would just grow out of it and develop normal speech. (continued.......)

[Slingnmom]

@Zman1092 No Sariah was not born premature. She was 39 wks 2days when she was delivered via c/s for breech presentation. She weighed 9lbs 2oz. So no, not premature. ;)

[Swrtzjstn12]

@Zman1092 I have E.L.D too and i got it because i was four months premature.

[cicibaubau7]

Language disorders are genetically inherited, that's what we have been told.

[Slingnmom]

@cicibaubau7 I believe this is possible. I think I have an extremely mild case of it. Sometimes I can't get my thoghts out all the time, so who knows. However her 6 other siblings do not have ELD.

[alexk2476]

@cicibaubau7 I disagree. My son has expressive & receptive language disorder (he is 3 & half years old). I speak 4 languages, my husband speaks 2 languages and neither of us or any our family members have speech problems at all. I don't believe it is genetically inherited. I don;t think you could ever pin point where or how it starts....

[yusipierre]

we think our son may have expressive disorder. what sort of treatment are you guys doing? What I've done at home with our little guy is a lot of phonics and a lot of reading and teaching him phrases, etc so he can at least get some ideas across.

[cicibaubau7]

My child's SLI(specific language imparement):A language disorder that involves both expressive&receptive language.We'r doing loads of speech therapy:repetitive,every day,all day.Interaction with other kids @ kinder has also had a positive effect on her speech.she's 2 yrs behind with her language skills.All other areas(physical,intellect,cogni­tive)are of an avarage normal child.I believe that with constant support at home&sp.therapy something can b done 2 improve children with language disorders.

[Slingnmom]

@yusipierre I think the difficulty lies in the fact that we perceive learning differently than children, one; and two repetativeness is what works best I think, but Sariah needs breaks to process what it is she's learned.

[Slingnmom]

@yusipierre Kids have to repeat something at least 10-15 times before their brains make the right connections for understanding what it is they are learning. This is why when you teach a child 1+1=2 but 5 minutes later when you ask them what 1+1='s they "don't know" the answer or they give you a wrong answer, it is because their brain has not made the connections yet to understanding what they have just learned.

[MsNexus007]

@Slingnmom kids with this kind of disorder may have a problem with their auditory memory and cannot retain information, my little girl has the same problem.

[talkingdoc]

@Slingnmom

actually kids with expressive language disorder understand very well what they are learning. they "don't know" the answer because they have trouble expressing it verbally. not because they don't know the answer.

[verucalise]

@talkingdoc Absolutely. My son was just diagnosed with this, after fighting the school saying he still needed speech therapy. I took him to specialists, & yes! He has ELD. He might have other learning issues, but one thing is positive- he absorbs everything he learns at a normal pace, but to relay it back and have a class discussion eludes him. He stumbles, can't get the thought out, and gets frustrated because HE KNOWS what he wants to say :(

[ebaymamaqueen]

wow :) its like seeing my daughter up there talking. she is the same age as well and still struggles. everyday she gets a little better, but she takes the long pauses when talking still.

[Slingnmom]

@ebaymamaqueen Sariah takes long pauses too as she processes what she wants to say as best she can before saying it. It still ends up slightly jumbled though. When she is angry and trying to "talk" it's much worse and she gets even more frustrated. Now that she's 11 and hormones are a factor these "episodes" happen more often, LOL

[singerwfb]

have that as well

[angelgirlfan]

i have that also i have a language disordered as well

[Tiajuana3]

i have that

[anglergirlcali]

i have a speech disorder called cluttering, i also have problems with word recall and expressing my thoughts outloud

[crzybeautiful3]

my son has mixed receptive-expressive language delay. I'm glad you put this video up :)