Late To Speak

      The world’s most renowned German scientist, Albert Einstein, is considered to have had the highest level of intelligence ever.  But, while many are aware of his genius, few know about the area in which he struggled. Learning to speak was a major challenge for him that turned into his first great achievement.

     As a sibling of a late speaker, I know how distressing it can be to have a loved one with feelings and ideas be unable to verbally express them.  I wanted to help my younger brother but he seldom responded to my word games.  For years he made very little progress and even now is still learning, but his speaking ability has greatly improved.

     Neurobiologists have done research on Einstein’s brain that suggests the systematic

thinking part of his brain expanded its boundaries and reached into other sections of the brain, particularly the portion controlling speech (Broca).  This has led some scientists to believe his delayed talking and his brilliance were connected.

This brain condition, although very rear, it is not unheard of. Dictator Benito Mussolini, Self-taught Mathematician Ramanujan, Nobel Prizewinner Gary Becker and pianist Arthur Rubinstein were all late speakers that are suspected of having Einstein’s brain condition

Exodus 4:11

“Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?”

Matthew 15:30 


”And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them”