When does speech and language delay become speech and language disorder?

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I'm just wondering if anyone knows when it changes from being classed as a s&k delay and is classed as a s&l disorder?

I'm unsure my dd has a delay she's just turned 2. They suspect verbal dyspraxia but said too young to dx so just a delay for now. Perhaps post on special needs section x

You'll need a SALT to have a quality answer; my impression is that language disorder is quite systematic or at any rate, consistent in the language mistakes. Whereas a Delay is more about not getting the sounds of speech right, and maybe because sounds are hard to produce words come out in a wrong order, but this problem is not consistent.

I also suspect it's quite difficult to diagnose LDisorder in children under 5yo or so. But am not an expert!

When langugae is delayed it follows typical patterns of development just more slowly, when it is disordered it doesn't. There's a bit more to it but that's a basic distinction.

I think it's what BlueArmyGirl said.

Thankyou for your replies. :)