ABSTRACT
Denmark has had educated professions working with speech problems for more than a century, and several professional bodies with different academic backgrounds specialise in working with children with speech and language difficulties. Denmark signed the Salamanca Declaration on inclusive education in 1994, and later the UN Convention in 2006, which ensures the right of all individuals with disabilities to be supported in the regular educational system. The terms speech and language pathology and dysphasia are both used to refer to children with language impairment in public guidelines for medical professionals and by the National Board of Social Service, where it is, however, exclusively linked to reading comprehension problems. Psychiatrists are the only Danish professionals that diagnose language impairments, and this is done in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems-10. The descriptions of the rights of Danish children with developmental language disorders regarding services are complex and difficult for professionals as well as parents to interpret.
