What is Speech and Language Impairment?
49,300 people with speech difficulty in Hong Kong (0.7% of total population)
(Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics, 2015)
Features / Challenges
Apraxia - referred to the impairment of motor skills that affect the ability to form the sounds of speech
Dysarthria - referred to muscle weakness, characterized by slow and slurred speech
Stuttering - referred to family history, characterized by repeat words, syllables or phrases, refusal to speak, rearrangement of words in a sentence
Possible support for students with Speech and Language Impairment
Learning support
- Special arrangement for oral presentations
- Special arrangement for read aloud and answer questions in class
Tips for peers
- Be patient and listen to them
- Give extra time for them to express their thoughts and ideas during discussion
- Be respectful and don’t make fun of the way they speak
