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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all kids with ASD need or get ABA.  ABA has NEVER been recommended for my DS with ASD/ADHD by anyone.

You are right however that speech therapy for a MERLD child will look very different than speech therapy for a child whose deficit is solely pragmatics. DS attends a language immersion school, Mandarin/English, has excellent language skills and gets pragmatic speech therapy and social skills classes.  He would not be in a dual language program if he had issues with receptive and expressive language in English.

Also, it is hard to imagine a child who has issues with receptive and expressive language NOT having pragmatic speech issues.[/quote]

It may be hard for you to imagine, but the MERLD kids I know do not have pragmatic speech issues.  They have expressive issues that may impact social things but its not the same thing as what you are thinking.  And, my MERLD kid could do an immersion school, as he's done foreign language at his school for two years/no more issues than other kids.  You are very much overgeneralizing and making it based of ADHD/ASD, not a language disorder.  [/quote]

What is MERLD, then? What do the receptive issues mean - nothing? I understand that a kid with expressive delays only could do that - but how is a kid who cannot understand language having no issues udnerstanding language? WT everloving F, OP? If there is nothing wrong with your kid, awesome, move along. If there is, join us over here in the land where things are wrong and unpredictable but get off your high horse, for the love of. [/quote]

:roll:  :roll:  :roll:   MERLD is pretty predictable and receptive language generally improves with age.  You don't get MERLD but seem to feel the need to argue you do.[/quote]

While receptive language improves on its own, MERLD doesn't just go away. It is lifelong issue.

Adolescents with whose receptive language issues are resolved show receptive language equal to peers at 16, but continue to show deficits in processing written language and phonological processing. 
http://jslhr.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1781806&resultclick=1

Adults who had MERLD as children continue to show deficits in social language use in their early 20s (but do show more language improvement then people with ASDs, as a group)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1469-7610.00642/abstract

Receptive language disorders are a red flag for comorbid psychiatric problems in children.
http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)66127-X/abstract

Adults who had language disorders as children show increased mental health problems in their 30s.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/126/1/e73?variant=abstract&sso=1&sso_redirect_count=1&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token[/quote]

You can find a study on anything if you look hard enough.  One has nothing to do with another.  Ok, we get it.  You do not believe in language disorders and it has to be ASD.[/quote]

OP. You seem to have a comprehension LD. She said NO such thing. Nobody said any such thing. It was merely noted that MERLD OFTEN perhaps not ALWAYS indicates serious future issues - in fact, in the majority of cases there are comorbidities. I know that does not square with your my son's disability is better than yours world view, but those are the facts. I was extremely distressed when my son was found to have receptive delays because of their well recognized and documented potential for signaling major learning and cognitive issues. [/quote]

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