My 5 year old has a speech delay. It's a moderate developmental disorder.
Developmental disorder
Developmental disorders comprise a group of psychiatric conditions originating in childhood that involve serious impairment in different areas. There are several ways of using this term. The most narrow concept is used in the category "Specific Disorders of Psychological Development" in the ICD-10. These disorders comprise developmental language disorder, learning disorders, motor disorders and autism spectrum disorders. In broader definitions ADHD is included, and the term used is neurodevelopmental disorders. Yet others include antisocial behavior and schizophrenia that begins in childhood and continues through life. However
This is my answer to myself."
Mitchell has the speech disorder of stammering and considers the film "The King's Speech" (2010) to be one of the most accurate portrayals of what it's like to be a stammerer: "I'd probably still be avoiding the subject today had I not outed myself by writing a semi-autobiographical novel, "Black Swan Green", narrated by a stammering 13 year old." Mitchell is also a patron of the British Stammering Association.
Mitchell's son