Your toddler reaches toward the fridge, looks back at you, and makes a sound that isn't quite a word. You know exactly what they mean: milk, please. They understand so much. When you say "Where are your shoes?" they toddle off and come back holding one. But the words they want to say back are taking longer to arrive. For many families of young children with Down syndrome, this gap between understanding and speaking is a familiar part of the early years. October is Down Syndro