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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being ignorant is not a diagnosis.

There is a difference between delays and disorders.  When your kid is past preschool age and still needs speech therapy--that's not a late bloomer.  That is technically a disorder according to ASHA:

http://blog.asha.org/2015/04/14/language-delay-versus-a-disorder/ 
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LateBlooming.htm

Yes, some people smoke 5 packs a day and never develop lung cancer.  Some people never vaccinate their kids and they don't get sick.  It doesn't mean that these are based on any scientific evidence.  However, the information by ASHA is.
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That article is pretty lame, actually, just saying that the lack of language acquisition can be caused by low cognitive abilities (well documented and that makes sense) or 'autism'. What exactly is the mechanism at work there for the autistic people not acquiring language? Is it also low cognitive levels or something else? And no stupid speculations like 'it's sensory issues' I would like to know the WHY specifically.
I will tell you that the researchers don't know the WHY and not have they spent much time studying nonverbal autistic people. I'll try to look up some studies later, but I e read several - one research team saying that they didn't know where to find the nonverbal people because they aren't 'out and about in the community' - it's maddening.

My guess, OP, is that you're at armchair crank about things you know very little about - you should find another life mission because this one is pretty dumb.

Here's a reasonable article

https://spectrumnews.org/news/study-of-nonverbal-autism-must-go-beyond-words-experts-say/

Here's a little enlightening blurb...

Still, little is known about how to match minimally verbal children with the best therapies to encourage them to develop spoken language. “We have no idea which kids are going to respond to which interventions,” McCleery says. “The more information we can gather on that, the better.”

Also, if your kid is high IQ the odds of them learning to talk are much higher. Perhaps some of these people have high IQ children.[/quote]

I am the OP and not sure why you are directing this to me. I did not post those links.[/quote]

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