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  2. Nonverbal autism - Wikipedia

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    Early intervention in nonspeaking autism emphasizes the critical role of language acquisition before the age of five in predicting positive developmental outcomes; acquiring language before age five is a good indicator of positive child development, that early language development is crucial to educational achievement, employment, independence during adulthood, and social relationships. [2]

  3. Late talker - Wikipedia

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    A late talker is a toddler experiencing late language emergence (LLE), [2] [3] which can also be an early or secondary sign of an autism spectrum disorder, or other developmental disorders, such as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, learning disability, social communication disorder, or specific language impairment.

  4. What to Know About Nonverbal Learning Disorder After ... - AOL

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    Nonverbal learning disabilities, however, “really impact some of those non-verbal skills” such as “reading body language, reading social cues, all of the non-language areas, non-linguistic ...

  5. Nonverbal learning disorder - Wikipedia

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    A child with NVLD's average or superior verbal skills can be misattributed to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, defiant behavior, inattention, or lack of effort. [10] Early researchers of NVLD, Johnson and Myklebust, characterize how the children appear in a classroom: "An example is the child who fails to learn the meaning of the ...

  6. Specific language impairment - Wikipedia

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    Specific language impairment (SLI) (the term developmental language disorder is preferred by some) [1] is diagnosed when a child's language does not develop normally and the difficulties cannot be accounted for by generally slow development, physical abnormality of the speech apparatus, autism spectrum disorder, apraxia, acquired brain damage or hearing loss.

  7. Tool promised to help non-verbal people - but did it ...

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    In 2015, university professor Anna Stubblefield was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault for raping a non-verbal 33-year-old man with severe mental disabilities and cerebral palsy.

  8. Semantic compaction - Wikipedia

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    The use of LAMP strategies has been associated with increased natural expression through unique combinations of words in non-verbal children with autism. [16] Ideally, once the system of Minspeak is mastered, productions of communication should take less time and effort across communication contexts.

  9. Speech-generating device - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), astrophysicist and prominent SGD user. Speech-generating devices (SGDs), also known as voice output communication aids, are electronic augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems used to supplement or replace speech or writing for individuals with severe speech impairments, enabling them to verbally communicate. [1]