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Children may not speak due to selective mutism. Selective mutism is a condition in which the child speaks only in certain situations or with certain people, such as close family members. [12] Assessment is needed to rule out possible illness or other conditions and to determine treatment. [13] Prevalence is low, but not as rare as once thought ...
Sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) is the death of a child over the age of 12 months which remains unexplained after a thorough investigation and autopsy. There has not been enough research to identify risk factors, common characteristics, or prevention strategies for SUDC. SUDC is similar in concept to sudden infant death syndrome ...
The failure to speak is not due to a lack of knowledge of the spoken language required in the social situation. The disturbance is not better accounted for by a communication disorder (e.g., childhood-onset fluency disorder) and does not occur exclusively in people with autism spectrum disorders or psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.
Elective mutism is an outdated term which was defined as a refusal to speak in almost all social situations (despite normal ability to do so), while selective mutism was considered to be a failure to speak in specific situations and is strongly associated with social anxiety disorder. [1]
"People don't want to talk about it [death]," she said. "I think they're not talking about it [and] in the suppressing of those feelings, really is where we start to cause problems.
If the situation is not as severe, toxic stress will still alter the stress response system; these changes will cause children to react to a wider variety of stressors. [15] However, with sufficient care and support from adults, children can return their stress levels to tolerable or good. [4]
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"During the filming, I mean, I just noticed that they were following her and just videoing everything she would put in her mouth," Kayla Sims says of her daughter, who was then 7.