SUMMARY - Speech & Hearing Services
In the quiet of a suburban home in Ontario, a mother watches her three-year-old son struggle to form the words necessary to express his frustration. She has secured a referral for speech-language pathology services, but the waitlist for publicly funded early intervention is six months long. For her, the delay is not merely an administrative inconvenience; it is a source of daily anxiety, as she navigates the tension between her full-time employment and the need to provide intensive therapeutic support at home.