Table 3

Speech features and educational placement of individuals with pathogenic SNVs/indels disrupting FOXP2

CaseAge first wordsAge first sentencesCASPhonological errorsDysarthriaOral motor impairmentSchoolingSupport*
1a>18 moNYA+Disorder+MS PS+
1b12–15 mo2–3 years+Delay+MS SC and diploma
1c2–3 years>8 years+Delay+MS SC and diploma+
1d<12 mo2–3 years++MS PS and diploma
2>18 mo4–5 years+Disorder+Mixed MS and specialist+
3a>15 mo2–3 yearsDisorder+MS PS+
3bNANAMS SC and diploma
4a>18 mo>8 years+Disorder++MS SC+
4b>18 mo>8 years+Disorder+MS SC+
4c>18 mo>5 years+Disorder+MS SC+
512–15 mo6–7 years+Disorder++MS SC+
6>18 moNYA+Disorder+Specialist SC+
7a4–5 years7–8 years+NASpecialist
7b4–5 years7–8 years+NASpecialist
8aNANA+NAMS SC
8b4–5 yearsNA+NASpecialist
94–5 yearsNYA+NANA+Specialist
1012–15 moNA+NAMS school+
11aNRNANASchool for speech and language disorders, advanced technical college
11b12–15 moNA+DisorderNAPre for speech and language disorders
12a>18 moNYA+DisorderNASpecialist+
12b>18 mo6–7 yearsNANANANAMS and specialist, higher vocational education
13NYANYA+DisorderNASpecialist pre+
14NYANYANANANANASpecialist pre+
1512–15 moNYA+DisorderNASpecialist pre+
16a12–15 mo4–5 yearsNANANANAMS SC and degree
16b12–15 mo4–5 years+DisorderNAMS PS+
1712–15 moNYA+Disorder+Specialist pre
  • +=feature present, −=feature absent

  • *Support in the form of support staff in the classroom and/or individualised education plans.

  • CAS, childhood apraxia of speech; mo, months; MS, mainstream; NA, not assessed; NYA, not yet achieved; OCD, obsessive–compulsive disorder; Pre, preschool; PS, primary/elementary school; SC, secondary school; SNVs, single-nucleotide variants; wks, weeks.