Comments on: Autism and Multilingualism: A Parent’s Perspective

By: Does Bilingualism Cause Language Delay? | Multilingual Living

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By: CELINE

CELINE — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:10:30 +0000

Great just read all those interesting stories and thank you for all being so genuine as our case is that my husband is very little at home due to his job months without seeing me so really we have the situation where i m french he s english and she was born in france and we spoke english whenever he was home (3WEEKS OR SO 4 TIMES A YEAR ) until then all was good she would understand him and answered back in french
But then move to northern ireland and after almost a year as i would speak french at home and it was english from my inlaws and the nursery etc but she wouldn t speak english at all so that scared me a bit then i started to speak english to her to give her a boost my plan was to do that for a year then i ve asked to see a speech therapist and now my daughter is 4 year old she communicates quite all right but more like a child around 3 ish and the speech therapist has told me that i shouldn t start french again for almost another year to make sure she catches up with everybody so i was frustrated and worried because french is half of who she is half her identity and we supposed to go to my family and friends and the speech therapist said it s ok but you and your husband should only speak to her in english at all time i was shocked and disappointed and i didn t want to have any disagreement front of my daughter so i kept quiet but since then i ve been raging as i m thinking surely some single mum who live abroad where they have to speak a different language must be able to cope etc reading about all of u gave me the confidence to do what i think is right THANK U

By: multilingualmania

multilingualmania — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:17:16 +0000

It will be a challenge, but as Sandrine noted it can be done! We would love to hear more about how it’s going for you in the future! Just remember that they will not always be perfect in each of the languages, but they will at least have conversational fluency. Don’t let other people steer you away from what you want to do!

By: Wan

Wan — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:21:53 +0000

Thank you for the inspiration and providing me with hope in my abilitiy to raising a multi-lingual son with autism. We live in France as my husband is French but I am Chinese-American so we speak in English, Chinese and French with our 2 kids. My daughter who just turned 4 is pretty fluent in all 3 but my son who will be 2 soon still refuses to speak. It’ll be a challenging road ahead of us but I’m so glad there’s hope.

By: Blogging carnival on bilingualism | Bilingual For Fun™

Blogging carnival on bilingualism | Bilingual For Fun™ — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:43:21 +0000

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By: Sandrine

Sandrine — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:21:20 +0000

Thanks Christine! It felt good to have a laugh at her expense after what she put us through.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:18:26 +0000

I loved this post–so interesting, and it’s wonderful that you’ve persevered. I had to laugh at the headmistress who adamantly wants the father’s language to be the “mother” tongue! She sounds like a bear of very little brain, if she can suggest that without irony!

By: Sandrine

Sandrine — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:36:55 +0000

Thanks Samantha!

By: Samantha YOUNG

Samantha YOUNG — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:02:46 +0000

Kudos for the enjoyable read, it was actually right what I was after. I look forward to seeing more of your blog.

By: wenjonggal

wenjonggal — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:19:42 +0000

No problem, Sarah. These are issues near and dear to our hearts which we live with daily. And we can only benefit from good research and academic interest in the topic! Best of luck with your paper!