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Pragmatic Language Disorders

Pragmatic language disorders refer to difficulties with social language skills such as:
  • Poor eye contact
  • Excessively talking, providing too much detail
  • Talking about innappropriate subjects 
  • Difficulty with conversational exchange
  • Difficulty with abstract language
  • Missing subtle language cues
  • Difficulty understanding jokes and non-literal language
  • Unable to read/interpret body language, facial expressions.
  • Unable to express feelings appropriately