The IDEA’s definition of communication disorders consists of having an impairment that affects speech or language and includes stuttering, language, voice or articulation impairment that interferes with his or her educational performance. However, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has a similar but a more precise description of communication disorders which involve a speech impairment involving articulation of his or her speech, fluency, sound or voice. The ASHA definition of a language disorder involves an impairment or abnormal development in comprehension or the language system (Taylor, Smiley, & Richards, 2015).
Prevalence of Emotional and Communication Disorders
For more than twenty years, the U.S. Department of
Prevalence of Emotional and Communication Disorders
For more than twenty years, the U.S. Department of