Ming from Agents of Speech warns parents against diagnosing speech delays through online research. Google rabbit holes lead to misdiagnosis, like parents self-diagnosing apraxia of speech. Get a formal assessment from a speech therapist or clinical psychologist instead.
The whole Internet is overwhelmed with information. There's loads of information out there. It's very difficult to find and pinpoint what is correct for teaching children in general, I would believe nowadays is very hard. It's even harder than before. Because before, if someone like me, I would buy a textbook, I wouldn't buy 10 textbooks and read it in one go. I would read one textbook and then maybe move on to the next. So nowadays on the Internet, it's so easy to go into like the Google search rabbit hole. And probably how you found me right here, you will see that they are conflicting answers, conflicting information about this and that. And I've had some parents who ask me, you know, I read on the Internet, does he have apraxia of speech? I heard that this, this, this and that from the Internet. And then when I see the kid, I'm like, dude, this is very normal. There's nothing. So it's very easy to get really, really, really worked up about the details and nuances about doing a diagnosis yourself. And it's literally impossible. So therefore, I would urge you to go for assessment with a speech therapist or a clinical psychologist, whoever, who can give you insights specifically about your child.
