I think there's a lack of public awareness and education around the identification of speech and language disorders. Maybe we could be working with the Public Health Agency of Canada to educate the public around the factors that place infants and toddlers at risk for speech and language disorders. I think what we need is to understand the conditions that ensure the optimum development of speech and language abilities, and we desperately need the appropriate referral pathways to our practitioners to support the care.
On September 22nd, 2022. See this statement in context.