can my child get on disability for speech?

Question

my daughter is 3 and a half now and was primie when she was born and she only speeks like 10 words and thats all in baby talk. she is now going to a specail school for disability in speech can she get on disability for this, she also ins't potty trained either, its alot of work trying to get her to understand what i am asking her and telling her. her school really isn't telling much only that she wont be going to a normal school next year when she starts at 4 years old. kinda need some answers. help. thanks

my child, goes the speech class the reason i wanted her on disability its 40 miles away and a bus wont pick her up, going to this school seems to help but when your dealing with 20 other kids on one class, how u going to tend to all of there needs? with her not potty training at school its hard to do at home. before she was going to school, she was coming to tell me she had to potty and now sense she started school she wont any more. i just wanted to know about disability for kids with speech, it wasnt the money thing i wanted to know about rides to school or other stuff.

Answer 1

A lot of people don't know it but your local school district has to provide special care for your daughter.

Have her access by the local school district. They can't refuse her and if she has special needs, they have to provied care for her. It's called the law.

That fight would be easier than the fight for monetary aid. I can promise you will be denied the first second and probably third time. They want to see if you really need it and are willing to go through the trouble to get the money.

Just have her accessed through the local school system. It would be less of a pain just to move closer to the school if you can't find help where you live now.

Answer 2

Sounds like problem number one is the school you have her enrolled in. If there is a lack of communication between yourself and them your daughter is not getting the help she needs. I would look around and see if their is another school in the area that can help her with speech. It is possible to get disability for a child's speech disability, but it may be a little soon to give up on her. Try teaching her to use the potty by example, when you need to pee take her with you. After you go say Your Turn and see if she'll sit up there. Potty training is hard even with a little one who understands a large vocabulary, so keep in mind that it'll take a lot of time. Good Luck

Answer 3

I think that you may be able to claim DLA from the age of 3.
there are 2 components of DLA
The "Mobility" Component, and the "Care" component. You may also be able to claim "Carers allowance" if you don't work yourself.

Whether or not you'd get it is another question, their forms are a nightmare to fill out and you have to be very very specific about the kind of extra help and support your child needs. You have to be able to show that because of your childs condition, she requires extra help compared to any other child of the same age.

When you say your daughter has a speech problem, yet she attends a special school are there any other difficulties apart from speech?- remembering that just "speech" may not qualify for DLA.
Communication difficulties and disorders such as autism definatley qualify, and if she is not potty trained you can claim that you have extra washing/bedding etc, although many children are not potty trained at 3.6 so they may not give it for this alone.

Have a look at Afasics website- see below, they may be able to help you further.
Hopefully, you will be able to get extra help and I wish you all the best of luck.

Kind regards

Beth

Answer 4

Please contact your local school district and ask to have her speech assessed. Since she is over 3, she will be evaluated by the school district you live in. The fact that she was premature will qualify her for special services, as well as a "free, appropriate education". Look up the laws on IDEA- the law governing special education. It isn't really like "getting on disability"... I mean, she isn't going to be able to collect a monthly check, but she will be able to be eligible for the services she needs. She will need an early intervention plan drawn up (called an IEP) that will lay out her speech and developmental (self-help, potty-training) goals. Then, the school district (and all future schools that she goes to) will have to follow this plan to help her speech progress. I find it interesting that she attends a school now to help with her speech, and yet, they aren't getting you the information you need. Call your school district and ask for an evaluation. Good luck!

Answer 5

If the toddler became examined for the countless aspects that are blanketed on your state's Speech Language standards AND the scored decrease than the specific score for the try to that age. they might qualify for Speech amenities. If the subject is generally in examining and Spelling in spite of the undeniable fact that - there would desire to be greater by way of attempting out previous Speech Language to contain IQ & academic attempting out. If the version between the IQ and the academic attempting out is great sufficient - the toddler would desire to get amenities below the coaching Disabilities classification. If a student is only no longer doing as stable as they possibly would desire to (or as stable because of the fact the ascertain think of they might desire to) won't qualify for something formally like an IEP.

Answer 6

I know someone who gets disability for her 4 year old son due to his speech

Answer 7

you can try it, my son has autism and they are teaching him sign language cause he can't talk that good and my son isn't potty trained and he is 3 years old i put a penny in the toliet and told him to pee on it and he as been going since

Answer 8

My question is why do you need money for it? I am sorry my mom (who I havent seen since I was 15) abused the system for petty things like this. I am sorry, I honestly don't see why you would think you are entitled to it unless you just want free money.

Answer 9

only if she inherited from her dad or someone who's in the family from either mom or dad or something!!! but sorry to here, and I hope she grts better with it !!!

Answer 10

Maybe, but be warned you would be tuned down more then likely on your first attempt.