Lots of kids are 'late talkers'. Here's when to take action
- Written by Suzanne Meldrum, Lecturer, Speech Pathology, Edith Cowan University

As a speech pathologist, university lecturer and parent of young children, I often get asked a version of the following:
My child isn’t talking yet. Is that a problem? And is it my fault?
There is never a simple “yes” or “no” response, as more information is always needed. But by the end of the...