 It has been suggested that GenSLA research could be used to aid populations with special language learning needs, for example, it might be used to develop language intervention programs using methods similar to those implemented in second language teaching to help children with down syndrome  or Alzheimers patients.Insights from GenSLA could also help multilingual children by ensuring educators not confuse problems of second language acquisition with learning disabilities, bilinguals undergoing primary language loss   or deaf and hearing children learning sign language as a first or second language.There have been debates regarding how one can apply the principles of Generative L2 Acquisition to individuals acquiring a second language with a different word order from their L1 (for example individuals whose L1 was SOV and are now learning a SVO language, or vice versa).