Communication problems in children that are best described as pragmatic in nature have
been a focus of attention for some years. However, despite this, speech and language …

The 'borderlands' of autism are of particular interest to researchers and clinicians as we
learn more about pervasive disorders and how to manage them. One group of children who …

The current position on speech and language intervention for children who have pragmatic
language impairment (PLI) is limited by a lack of evidence to support practice. Two …

Purpose to assess the pragmatic and social communicative abilities of children with Typical
Language Development (TLD), Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) and Developmental …

This study explores the hypothesis that there may be particular difficulties for secondary
school students with specific developmental language disorder (SDLD) in understanding …

Background Language problems may negatively affect children's behaviour and have
detrimental effects on the development of peer-relations. Aims We investigated and …

Background: Two studies were conducted to test claims that pragmatic language impairment
(PLI–previously referred to as semantic‐pragmatic disorder) is simply another term for …

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulties with understanding
pragmatic language and also nonliteral language. However, little is understood about the …

Impairments in structural language and pragmatics are well recognized in different
neurodevelopmental disorders, yet in clinical work the discrimination of children with various …

Narrative ability is one of the most interesting and ecologically valid ways in which to
measure communicative competence both in normal populations and in clinical groups …