Book Description
Late Talking Children - The painful and baffling
mystery as to why some obvisiouly bright children do not
begin talking until long after the "normal" time is
explored in this book through personal experiences and the
findings of scientific research. The author's own experiences
as the father of such a child led to the information of a
group of more than fifty sets of parents of similar children.
The anguish and frustration of these parents as they try to
cope with children who do not talk and institutions that do
not understand them is a remarkable and moving human
story.Fortunately, some of these children turn out to have
not only normal intelligence but even outstanding abilities,
especially in highly analytical fields such as mathmetics and
computers. These fascinating stories of late-talking children
and the remarkable families from which they come are followed
by explorations of scientific research that throw light on
unusual development patterns.