This is an important contribution that largely confirms prior evidence that word recognition - a cornerstone of development - improves across early childhood and is related to vocabulary growth. This ...

So many kids (and adults!) struggle with pragmatic language skills due to having autism or another learning disability. Not ...

For deaf people, language deprivation during early childhood represents the most significant threat to the exercise of their civil rights and liberties. Nearly all of our clients in these cases were ...

Hearing a baby’s first words is a joyful moment for many parents. But another crucial language milestone is harder to pinpoint for both parents and scholars of human development. When does a child ...

Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...

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