Examining Neurodiversity in Bilingual Development Research: Recent Insights Through an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lens.

Screening and extraction were done by one reviewer, so eligible studies may have been missed or classified differently. The search was limited to English and French publications, which may underrepresent research from other language communities. The participant totals may be inflated because the same children could appear in more than one study. The review describes how research was conducted, not whether bilingualism improves or worsens language or cognition. Longitudinal and retrospective designs were uncommon, so the review does not show development over time. Literacy tasks and diagnostic validation studies were excluded, so it does not address reading, writing, or test accuracy directly.

The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Do not conclude that a low score on a monolingual test in one language proves a disorder. The review says language diagnoses require impairment in both languages, and many studies tested only one language.