Article: Kennedy Krieger Institute: Speech Emerges in Children on The Autism Spectrum with Severe Language Delay

This article discusses the new findings published in Pediatrics by the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Center for Autism and Related Disorders. It reveals that 70 percent of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), who have a history of severe language delay, achieved phrase or fluent speech by age eight. This suggests that more children presenting with ASD and severe language delay at age four can be expected to make notable language gains than was previously thought.

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