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Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat t1_irmdkwj wrote

Reply to comment by Wagamaga in How the mother's mood influences her baby's ability to speak. Scientists found even children whose mothers suffer from mild depressive mood that do not yet require medical treatment show early signs of delayed language development. by Wagamaga

This is fantastic research. My mom had undiagnosed PPD and undiagnosed autism so she rarely spoke to me. I ended up with severe language delay just from never hearing it.

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Josquius t1_irovpnn wrote

How did that work out for you? Did you catch up or forever suffer in education for it?

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Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat t1_iroya3n wrote

My IQ was high enough I did well in school, and have two college degrees. I always had trouble talking though, and I have slower processing speed listening to people talking. Most people don't notice.

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philmatu t1_irp0x0i wrote

I also relate heavily, I didn't really start talking until I was 5 and it was really bad, resulting in years of speech therapy to be barely understandable. Finally my senior year of high school, I got on an instant messenger with new internet friends who annoyed me into learning English (they'd correct everything I wrote). Thankfully my IQ was high enough to learn, otherwise I probably still wouldn't be able to communicate effectively.

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