A short spoken explanation differentiating speech and language delay from autism. The speaker (Ming) defines speech versus language, explains that combined issues are called speech and language delay, and contrasts typical communication intent and social interest in children with speech/language delay versus autistic children, noting autism involves broader deficits and sensory sensitivities.
All right, let's talk about the difference between autism and speech delay. First of all, speech delay is overgeneralization for what we call a speech and language delay. Speech and language are different. Speech are the sounds that we make when we're talking. So when they cannot pronounce or they cannot produce certain speech sounds, that's a speech problem. Language problem. Something like if a child doesn't have enough words, they're still using other forms of language. For instance, gestures, body language are pulling you. Speech and language problems together. They create something what we call speech and language delay. Autism is quite well documented. There are deficits in different areas. Language is just one of them. Speech and language delay children, they tend to have better communication intent. They look at you more, play better, have an interest in people. Whereas autistic children, they don't understand the reason why they have to interact with you. Very heightened sensory, doesn't like to talk, they don't like to socialize.
