1a. Re: 2 year old boy with severe articulation issues

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I'm not so sure I'd dismiss the symptoms. Personally, I know now I

definitely would not. Mercury does affect speech. And if there was

an exposure, I would address it w/ further investigation. I regret

not addressing the " soft signs " w/ my son who's now 18. There is

that darn window and it does close after time, not only with damage

being harder to treat but also w/the child being less cooperative as

they move into teenage years. And...here are newly discovered

problems w/another heavy metal that are seen cropping up later in

life after early childhood/infant exposure(applogoies if this

studies been posted already):

Lead exposure may be a factor in Alzheimer's. The toxic effects of

lead could be more far-reaching than we thought. Monkeys exposed to

the heavy metal during infancy may be predisposed to develop the

equivalent of Alzheimer's disease. New Scientist, England. 16

January 2008. [subscription Required]

Jackie

1a. Re: 2 year old boy with " severe " articulation issues

Posted by: " Donna Bowerman " donna12345au@... donna12345au

Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:39 pm (PST)

My NT son who is now 7, wasn't talking until he was 2 and most of it

was not very well understood by other people, although his father

and I knew what he was trying to say. Had a hearing test which came

back fine. Was no mention of autism with him as he showed no other

issues. Speech was still a little difficult to understand by age 5,

but has absolutely no problems now with all sounds of speech,

although sometimes has a little trouble getting his words out. As

long as there are no other symptoms of autism/heavy metal poisoning,

especially not responding to name, hand flapping, etc, I wouldn't be

too worried at the moment. As long as there is speech, even though

he's not getting certain sounds out, I believe he will get there

eventually.

Donna.

[ ] 2 year old boy with " severe " articulation

issues

My friend has a 2 year old son that was just diagnosed with " severe "

articulation issues. Apparently he talks a lot but is not able to

say several sounds.

Is this mercury poisoning? Is this indicative of more developmental

issues to come?

Or does this sound like just a true speech problem that can be fixed

with speech therapy? Apparently the father had some speech issues as

a young child.

Thanks

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