Relation to specific language impairment and developmental dyslexia
There has been considerable debate over the relationship between APD and Specific language impairment (SLI). SLI is diagnosed when a child has difficulties with understanding or producing spoken language for no obvious cause. The problems cannot be explained in terms of peripheral hearing loss. The child is typically late in starting to talk, and may have problems in producing speech sounds clearly, and in producing or understanding complex sentences. Some theoretical accounts of SLI regard it as the result of auditory processing problems. However, this view of SLI is not universally accepted, and others regard the main difficulties in SLI as stemming from problems with higher-level aspects of language processing. Where a child has both auditory and language problems, it can be difficult to sort out the causality at play.Similarly with developmental dyslexia, researchers continue to explore the hypothesis that reading problems emerge as a downstream consequence of difficulties in rapid auditory processing. Again, cause and effect can be hard to unravel. This is one reason why some experts have recommended using non-verbal auditory tests to diagnose APD. Specifically regarding neurological factors, dyslexia has been linked to polymicrogyria which causes cell migrational problems. Children that have polymicrogyri almost always present with deficits on APD testing. It has also been suggested that APD may be related to cluttering, a fluency disorder marked by word and phrase repetitions.
Menvielle maintains that "the therapist should focus on helping the child and family cope with intolerance and social prejudice, not on the childs behaviours, interests or choice of playmates". A host of additional terms have been applied to these children, including gender variant, gender non-conforming, and gender-creative. See also
Childhood gender nonconformity
Transgender youth
List of transgender-related topics

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Gender Dysphoria and Transsexualism Archived 17 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine via Merck Manual
More Children Seek Help for Gender Dysphoria via WebMD.com
Health Effects Of Transitioning In Teen Years Remain Unknown via NPR
When Transgender Kids Transition, Medical Risks are Both Known and Unknown via Frontline PBS
Parents of transgender children are faced with a difficult decision via NYMag.com
The boy who was raised a girl via BBC
Led by the child who simply knew The twin boys were identical in every way but one. via Boston.com
A nonprofit program serving transgender and gender-variant youth and their families. via Camp Aranutiq
As Attention Grows, Transgender Childrens Numbers Are Elusive via The New York Times
First U.S. Study of Transgender Youth Funded by NIH via University of California, San Francisco
Where Transgender Is No Longer a Diagnosis via Scientific American