(May also be known as semantic/pragmatic language disorder, non-verbal learning disability (NLD), or even Asperger’s Syndrome)

Signs & symptoms of social/pragmatic language disorders:

• Excessive questioning.
• Lack of eye contact.
• Aggressive language.
• Excessive talk about specific subjects in too much detail.
• Only talking about him/herself.
• Uninterested in other children.
• Unable to engage in conversational exchange.
• Literal/concrete understanding of language.
• Unable to answer open-ended questions such as “what happened?”
• Difficulty with abstract language:

Verbal problem solving:  why, when, how do you know?
Double meanings
Innuendos   
Jokes

• Unable to take the listener’s perspective.
• Unable to read/interpret body language, facial expressions.
• Unable to express feelings.

Therapy would include scripting language for various social situations and question formats.