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Articulation Communication Disorder

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In my experience, communication disorders may be viewed differently depending on the age of the person with the communication disorder. For instance, a young child with an articulation disorder tends to be viewed as “cute” and “adorable” by adults. On the other hand, older children with articulation disorders tend to be viewed very negatively because they are looked at as “too old” to be speaking in this manner. Older children with articulation disorders are also more likely to encounter bullying while in school as opposed to children without a communication disorder. Therefore, parents may not seek treatment for their young child with an articulation disorder because they do not see anything wrong with it if everyone views it positively. However, parents of older children would be more likely to seek treatment because it may be looked at as embarrassing for the parents and the older child with the articulation disorder. Communication disorders can also be viewed differently depending on the communication disorder and level of severity. For instance, individuals with Apraxia mentally know what they want to say but their words come out as nonsense. Imagine how frustrating this is to have the mental capability to form …show more content…

Individuals with communication disorders may be looked down upon as if they are not as mentally capable as everyone else. In the media, we see people being made fun of for having differences as compared to the “norm” all of the time. Therefore, it is my opinion that the vast majority of the media views communication disorders as negative. Thus, the majority of individuals may seek treatment due to wanting to be viewed as normal and as if nothing is wrong with them. These individuals will value treatment as very high because they not only want others to see themselves as fitting into the norm of society, but they want to be able to believe it themselves as

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