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Answering questions such as “What did you have for breakfast?” can be consistently difficult for those of all ages. Those unfamiliar with Down syndrome are tempted to think the person does not know or cannot remember answers to simple questions when, in fact, they do. Knowledge is rarely the issue. It is retrieval and language structure that are difficult. When we don’t use language to talk about the past and future, we don’t learn underlying time concepts. Grammar, syntax, and verb tenses describe time and quantity (e.g., “I ate pancakes for breakfast yesterday, but I really wanted cereal”) and we learn to use them prior to any formal education as toddlers IF we are encouraged to use verbal language organization. https://www.connectedspeech.org/blog1/addressing-velopharyngeal-insufficiency-in-individuals-with-down-syndrome monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://www.connectedspeech.org/blog1/Blog Post Title One-8sbwj monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://www.connectedspeech.org/blog1/blog-post-title-two-fa7sn monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://www.connectedspeech.org/blog1/blog-post-title-three-stshd monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68a611fae43ddd79a41995ba/15bc33d0-4474-4c43-ab5d-734ca2b60e75/Screenshot+2026-02-11+at+4.40.23%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Make it stand out This topic has been on my top 3 bucket-list riddles to solve before the end of my career. Every person with Down syndrome I have met and worked with has difficulties answering questions. Even simple questions. Even questions they know the answer to. It can be as baffling as incorrectly answering “what is your name?” Recently, I have come much closer to realizing why this happens. 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