Have You Heard of Developmental Language Disorder? An Online Survey

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Jae-Hyun; Davies, Benjamin; Xu Rattanasone, Nan
Titel	Have You Heard of Developmental Language Disorder? An Online Survey
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 44 (2023) 4, S.228-238 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kim, Jae-Hyun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/15257401221115822
Schlagwörter	Language Impairments; Developmental Disabilities; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Dyslexia; Knowledge Level; Foreign Countries; Information Sources; Social Media; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Entwicklungsstörung; Autism; Autismus; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Information source; Informationsquelle; Soziale Medien; Australien
Abstract	Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder. It had been suggested that public awareness is low for DLD, especially in comparison with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and dyslexia. This study investigated awareness of DLD, ASD, ADHD, and dyslexia, as well as specific language impairment (SLI) in Australia. An online survey about awareness and knowledge of DLD, SLI, ASD, ADHD, and dyslexia was completed by 272 people in Australia. People had low awareness of DLD (19.9%) compared with ASD (97.4%), ADHD (97.7%), and dyslexia (98.5%). The former label for the disorder, SLI, had an even lower level of awareness (9.4%). People have heard about DLD from a wide range of sources and were likely to have incorrect knowledge about DLD as well as believing ASD or ADHD to be the most prevalent disorders. Awareness and knowledge of DLD appear to be low. More targeted approaches to increasing public awareness of DLD are needed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01